Kafr al-Labad

Kafr al-Labad
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic كفراللبد
Kafr al-Labad

Location of Kafr al-Labad within Palestine

Coordinates: 32°17′51.05″N 35°06′33.78″E / 32.2975139°N 35.1093833°ECoordinates: 32°17′51.05″N 35°06′33.78″E / 32.2975139°N 35.1093833°E
Governorate Tulkarm
Government
  Type Municipality
Area
  Jurisdiction 11,917 dunams (11.9 km2 or 4.6 sq mi)
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 4,074

Kafr al-Labad (Arabic: كفراللبد) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located 9 kilometers east of Tulkarm and two kilometers south of Anabta. Its population in 2007 was 4,074 according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.[1] It has a total land area of 11,917 dunams, of which 25% is used for agricultural purposes. The town's main agricultural products are olives, fruits and wheat.[2]

History

During early Ottoman Empire rule in 1596, Kafr al-Labad was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Qaqun, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 57 households.[3]

In 1995, the Israeli military confiscated about 200 dunams of Kafr al-Labad's lands to enlarge the nearby Israeli settlement of Avnei Hefetz.[4] In total, about 355 dunams of Kafr al-Labad's lands have been added to Avnei Hefetz, while an additional 20 have been confiscated for the settlement of Einav.[2]

References

  1. 2007 PCBS census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 108.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Expansion of Avni Hefets colony at the Expense of Kufr Al Labbad village. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009-08-03.
  3. al-Salim, Farid. Landed Property and Elite Conflict in Ottoman Tulkarm. Jerusalem Quarterly. Autumn 2011.
  4. The Middle East: Abstracts and Indexes. Library Information and Research Service, 1999. Vol. 23, p. 280.

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