Rafat, Salfit
For the town in the Jerusalem Governorate, see Rafat.
| Rafat | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رفات |
| • Also spelled | Rafat (official) |
  Rafat Location of Rafat within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′41″N 35°02′43″E / 32.07806°N 35.04528°ECoordinates: 32°04′41″N 35°02′43″E / 32.07806°N 35.04528°E | |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,861 |
Rafat (Arabic: رفات) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 38 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 1,861 in 2007.[1]
History
In a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Rafat had a population of 92, all Muslim.[2]
References
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 112.
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX
Bibliography
- 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. (pp. 286, 367)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 815)
- Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3. (I p. 242)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (pp. 129 -130)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (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. (p. 134)
- 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. (p. 240)
External links
- Welcome To The City of Salfit
- SWP map 14, IAA
- SWP map 14, Wikimedia commons
- Rafat Village (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
- Rafat Village Profile, ARIJ
- Rafat, areal photo, ARIJ
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