Kafr al-Labad
| Kafr al-Labad | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفراللبد |
  Kafr al-Labad Location of Kafr al-Labad within the Palestinian Territories | |
| 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
- ↑ 2007 PCBS census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 108.
- 1 2 The Expansion of Avni Hefets colony at the Expense of Kufr Al Labbad village. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009-08-03.
- ↑ al-Salim, Farid. Landed Property and Elite Conflict in Ottoman Tulkarm. Jerusalem Quarterly. Autumn 2011.
- ↑ The Middle East: Abstracts and Indexes. Library Information and Research Service, 1999. Vol. 23, p. 280.
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). 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. 159, 195)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 763)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (pp. 212-213)
- 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. 128)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). 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. 184)
External links
- Welcome To Kafr al-Labad
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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