Shufa, Tulkarm Explained

Shufa
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:Arabic: شوفه
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Shufa within Palestine
Coordinates:32.2747°N 35.0831°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:157/186
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Name:State of Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Tulkarm
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1350
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:"a harrow", or "polishing"[2]

Shufa (Arabic: شوفه) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 6 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Shufa had a population of approximately 1,253 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,350 by 2017.[3] 5.4% of the population of Shufa were refugees in 1997.[4] The healthcare facilities for Shufa are at Kafr al-Labad or Saffarin where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[5]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[6]

Ottoman era

Shufa, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was named Sufa, part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 8 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 3,202 akçe.[7]

In 1838, it was noted as a village, Shaufeh in the Wady esh-Sha'ir district, west of Nablus.[8]

In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted the village an agricultural plot of land called Ghabat Shufa in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village.[9] [10]

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted the village on a hilltop, and taking it as equal importance as Saffarin.[11]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Wadi al-Sha'ir.[12]

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Shufeh as: "A small stone village, in a strong position on a ridge, with steep slopes north and south. It is supplied by a well in the village, and has a few olives below it. A good view is obtained from it over the plain, and the country north and south, as well as to the range north of Sebustieh."[13]

Around the turn of the 20th century, Shufa was one of the villages in which the Hannun Family of Tulkarm/Saffarin owned extensive estates. The Hannuns fostered close ties with the clans inhabiting the village.[14]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Shufeh had a population of 207 Muslims,[15] increasing in the 1931 census to 259 Muslims, living in 47 houses.[16]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Shufa was 370 Muslims,[17] with 11,690 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[18] Of this, 4,315 dunams were used for cereals,[19] while 6 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[20]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Shufa came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 503.[21]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Shufa has been under Israeli occupation.

See also

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. February 2018 . Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . . 64–82 . 2023-10-24.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 192
  3. http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
  4. http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status
  5. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4809864A0C3B9B9F85256FE80050855D/$File/healthinforum_tulkarem_opt280205.pdf?OpenElement Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
  6. Dauphin, 1998, p. 766
  7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 126
  8. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 129
  9. Marom, Roy, "The Contribution of Conder's Tent Work in Palestine for the Understanding of Shifting Geographical, Social and Legal Realities in the Sharon during the Late Ottoman Period", in Gurevich D. and Kidron, A. (eds.), Exploring the Holy Land: 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Sheffield, UK, Equinox (2019), pp. 212-231
  10. Web site: Marom . Roy . 2022 . The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies, Muse 5, . 2023-10-06 . escholarship.org.
  11. Guérin, 1875, p. 212
  12. Book: Grossman, David . Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine . Magnes Press . 2004 . Jerusalem . 253.
  13. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 161
  14. Marom . Roy . The Palestinian Rural Notables' Class in Ascendancy: The Hannun Family of Tulkarm (Palestine) . Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies . 23 . 1 . 77-108.
  15. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27
  16. Mills, 1932, p. 57
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 127
  20. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 177
  21. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27

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