Kafr 'Aqab
| Kafr 'Aqab | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر عقب |
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Kfar 'Aqab, 2013 | |
  Kafr 'Aqab Location of Kafr 'Aqab within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′33″N 35°13′11″E / 31.87583°N 35.21972°ECoordinates: 31°52′33″N 35°13′11″E / 31.87583°N 35.21972°E | |
| Palestine grid | 171/143 |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 10,411 |
| Name meaning | The village of the steep or mountain road[1] |
Kafr 'Aqab (Arabic: كفر عقب) is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is located within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem and two kilometers from Ramallah.[2]
History
The Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) suggested that Kafr 'Aqab was the Crusader village Kefreachab, which was one of 21 villages given by King Godfrey as a fief to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.[3]
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 as Kafr 'Aqba, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 47 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 3,100 Akçe.[4] In 1838, Edward Robinson noted Kafr 'Aqab during his travels in the region.[5]
An official Ottoman village list sometime around 1870 listed Kefr 'Akab as having 15 houses and a population of 65, though the population count included men, only.[6][7] In 1883, SWP described it as "a small hamlet on the slope of a hillside, with a few olives."[8]
In 1896 the population of Kefr 'akab was estimated to be about 135 persons.[9]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kafr 'Aqab had a population of 189 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 250 Muslims, in 59 houses.[11]
In 1945 the population of Kafr 'Aqab consisted of 290 Muslims[12] and the land area was 5,472 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 829 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 2,736 for cereals,[14] while 10 dunams were built-up areas.[15]
1948-1967
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr 'Aqab came under Jordanian rule, and was annexed in 1950.
Post-1967
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Kafr 'Aqab has been under Israeli occupation. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2006, Kafr 'Aqab had a population of 10,411.[16] Primary health care for Kafr 'Aqab is obtained in Al-Ram.[17] In 2007, Kfar 'Aqab was described as a middle class suburb.[18]
While Kafr 'Aqab was annexed with the rest of East Jerusalem by Israel and falls under its full jurisdiction, it is separated from Jerusalem by the Israeli West Bank barrier. Municipal inspectors never inspect the area beyond the barrier. This creates "a planning nightmare and developer's dream".[2]
The al-Faruq mosque in Kafr 'Aqab offers weekly classes in the Islamic teachings of Hizb ut-Tahrir.[18]
References
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 297
- 1 2 Israeli, Palestinian boys soccer tournament exposes reality of Jerusalem life, Haaretz
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 11
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 118
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, p. 315
- ↑ Socin, 1879, p. 156
- ↑ Hartmann, 1883, p. 127, also noted 15 houses
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 10
- ↑ Schick, 1896, p. 121
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 14
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 37
- ↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 103
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 153
- ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ West Bank Healthcare Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress
- 1 2 Palestinians back caliphate over politics, The Telegraph
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. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hartmann, M. (1883). "Die Ortschaftenliste des Liwa Jerusalem in dem türkischen Staatskalender für Syrien auf das Jahr 1288 der Flucht (1871)". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 6: 102–149.
- 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.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. (p. 80)
- 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.
- Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 2. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
- Röhricht, Reinhold (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana. (Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. 16-17, No 74)
- de Roziére, ed. (1849). Cartulaire de l'église du Saint Sépulchre de Jérusalem: publié d'après les manuscrits du Vatican (in Latin and French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. (p. 30: Cafareab, p. 262: Keffreca. Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. 16-17, No 74)
- Schick, C. (1896). "Zur Einwohnerzahl des Bezirks Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 19: 120–127.
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 2: 135–163.
External links
- Pockets of Lawlessness in the "Oasis of Justice", Candace Graff, 2014, Jerusalem Quarterly, Institute for Palestine Studies
- Welcome to Kafr 'Aqab
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Kafr 'Aqab village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Kafr 'Aqab village profile, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Kafr 'Aqab aerial photo, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Kafr 'Aqab, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
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