Kafr Bara Explained

Kafr Bara
Translit Lang1:A
Translit Lang1 Type1:ISO 259
Translit Lang1 Info1:Káper Báraˀ
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Coordinates:32.1306°N 34.9719°W
Grid Name:Grid position
Grid Position:147/170 PAL
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Central
Unit Pref:dunam
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Blank Info Sec1:Khirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara"[1]

Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara (Arabic: كفر برا; Hebrew: כַּפְר בַּרָא) is an Arab locality in Israel in situated in its Central District. The small village, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Arabs' Little Triangle along with the cities of Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia. In its population was .

History

Pottery and glass dating from the Roman period (second century CE) and early Byzantine period (fourth century and beginning of fifth century CE), have been found in a burial cave at Kafr Bara.[2] Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated.[3] Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (sixth–ninth centuries CE).[4]

Ottoman era

In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 20 Muslim households, who paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, and goats and/or beehives; a total of 2,920 akçe. 5/6 of the revenue went to a Waqf.[5]

British Mandate era

At the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate Kafr Bara had 95 inhabitants, all Muslims, in a total of 19 houses.[6]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Bara was 150, all Muslims,[7] who owned 3,959 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[8] Of this, 10 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,841 used for cereals,[9] while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[10]

1948, and aftermath

Since 1948, Kafr Bara has been part of the newly founded State of Israel.

Demographics

Kafr Bara had a population of 3,274 in the 2014 census.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 234
  2. Masarwa, 2008, Kafr Bara Final Report
  3. Eshed, 2017, Kafr Bara Final Report
  4. Abu Fana, 2010, Kafr Bara Final Report
  5. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
  6. Mills, 1932, p. 59
  7. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 126
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 176
  11. לוח 3.- אוכלוסייה(1), ביישובים שמנו מעל 2,000 תושבים(2) ושאר אוכלוסייה כפרית Population (1) of localities numbering above 2,000 Residents (2) and other rural population . 2 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003124527/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/hodaot2015n/yeshuvim2014.xls . 3 October 2015 .

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