Kafr Bara

Kafr Bara כַּפְר בַּרָא‎ كفر برا‎ , کفر برا
Local council
A transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Káper Báraˀ
• Also spelled	Kafar Bara (official) Kfar Bara (unofficial)
A mosque of Kafr Bara in 2010
Kafr Bara
Coordinates: 32°7′50″N 34°58′19″E
Grid position	147/170 PAL
District	Central
Area
• Total	9,387 dunams (9.387 km2 or 3.624 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	3,946
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Name meaning	Khirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara"

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 2022 its population was 3,946.

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. Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated. Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (sixth–ninth centuries CE).

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.

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.

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

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.

See also

• Arab localities in Israel

Bibliography

• Abu Fana, Mohammed (11 February 2010). "Kafr Bara Final Report". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (122).
• Eshed, Vered (6 August 2017). "Kafr Bara Final Report". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (129).
• Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
• Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
• Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
• Masarwa, Marwan (11 February 2008). "Kafr Bara Final Report". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (120).
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Welcome To Kafr Bara
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons