Kafr ad-Dik
| Kafr ad-Dik | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر الديك |
| • Also spelled |
Kafr al-Deek (official) Kafar ad-Deek (unofficial) |
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  Kafr ad-Dik | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′00″N 35°04′59″E / 32.06667°N 35.08306°ECoordinates: 32°04′00″N 35°04′59″E / 32.06667°N 35.08306°E | |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 15,228 dunams (15.2 km2 or 5.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,453 |
| Name meaning | "Village of the Rooster", "The Village"[1] |
Kafr ad-Dik (Arabic: كفر الديك) is a Palestinian town located 9.5 kilometers west of Salfit in the Salfit Governorate, in the northern West Bank and eight kilometers east of the Green Line. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 4,453 in 2007.[2][3]
Approximately 70% of the families in Kafr ad-Dik are dependent on agriculture as the main source of income, while the remaining 30% work in the private and public sectors. The unemployment rate in the town is 60%.[4]
The town's total land area consists of 15,228 dunams of which 578 dunams are built-up. However, 119 of those dunums is located outside Kafr ad-Dik's jurisdiction. There are five Israeli settlements built on 1,448 dunams of Kafr ad-Dik's land and the population of the settlers is 2,062. As a result of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian National Authority controls the civil affairs 1,953 dunums of Kafr ad-Dik's land (Area B), while 13,275 dunams are classified as Area C — which is under full Israeli control.[3]
Archeology
In 1870 French explorer Victor Guérin found here very considerable remains.They included two birkets cut in the rock, one 15 paces long by 12 broad, the other not quite so large; about 30 cisterns and 20 tombs cut in the rock, some with sepulchral chambers, their walls pierced with loculi, others simple graves, either intended for a single body or having right and left vaulted tombs with arcosolia. These graves were formerly covered with stone slabs. There were also several lintels, decorated with the rectangular cartouche, on either side of which were triangles, and in the middle a cross. There are four mosques, built with stones and columns belonging to a Christian church. There is also a square tower, measuring 7 paces on each side. It is lit by loopholes, and is covered with immense slabs forming a roof, and supported by vaulted arcades. Within it is a cistern. On the lintel is a cross with equal branches inserted in a circle near four semicircles, which lie in a four-leaved rose. This tower formed part of a larger building, now destroyed.[5]
History
When Guérin visited in 1870, he noticed houses which were constructed from red and white stone masonry, as in Deir Ghassaneh and Beit Rima.[6] In the 1882 "Survey of Western Palestine", the village was described as "of moderate size on the hillside, and an ancient site, having rock-cut tombs to the east."[7]
In a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr al-Dik had a population of 487, all Muslim,[8] increasing in the 1931 census to 655 persons, still all Muslim, in 139 houses.[9]
In 1945 the population was 870 while the total land area was 15,308 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[10] Of this, 2,075 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 2,603 for cereals,[11] while 58 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[12]
References
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 230
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 112.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 House Demolitions warnings in Kafr ad Dik village Applied Research Institute Jerusalem 2007-05-07.
- ↑ More of Bruqin's and Kafr Ad dik's land are targeted by the Segregation Wall Applied Research Institute Jerusalem 2007-03-05.
- ↑ Guérin 1875, p. 153, 154, as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 324
- ↑ Guérin 1875, p. 153 ff
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 284
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 26
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 61.
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 60
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 106
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 156
Bibliography
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Vol 2 Samarie; pt. 2.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- E. Mills, 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
- Kafr Ad Dik Town (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
- Kafr ad Dik Town Profile, ARIJ
- Kafr ad Dik Areal photo, ARIJ
- Kfar Ad Dik and Deir Ballut in Salfit Governorate receive New Land confiscation Order 10, January, 2007, ARIJ
- More of Bruqin's and Kafr Ad dik's land are targeted by the Segregation Wall 05, March, 2007, ARIJ
- House Demolitions warnings in Kafr ad Dik village 07, May, 2007, ARIJ
- The Israeli Occupation Forces re-closes Kafr ad Dik main entrance 05, February, 2010, ARIJ
- Colonial Expansion amplified on Lands of Kafr ad Dik village 03, December, 2010, ARIJ
- Expansions in Eli Zahav and Bedouil Colonies in Kafr ad Dik 05, July, 2011, ARIJ
- Demolishing 22 Structures in Kafr ad Dik town - Salfit Governorate 06, October, 2011, ARIJ
- Demolition Orders in Kafr ad Dik- Salfit Governorate 11, October, 2011, ARIJ
- Blocking Kafr ad Dik Entrance 28, January, 2012, ARIJ
- Demolishing Cisterns and Sheds in Kafr ad Dik 19, April, 2012, ARIJ
- Welcome To Kafr al-Dik
- Kafr ad-Dik
- Kufr A-Dik
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