Kafr Bara

Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara (Arabic: كفر برا; Hebrew: כַּפְר בַּרָא) is an Arab locality in Israel in situated in its Central District. The small village, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Arabs' Little Triangle along with the cities of Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia. In 2022 its population was 3,946.^[1]

Kafr Bara כַּפְר בַּרָא‎ كفر برا‎ , کفر برا
Local council
A transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Káper Báraˀ
• Also spelled	Kafar Bara (official) Kfar Bara (unofficial)
A mosque of Kafr Bara in 2010
Kafr Bara
Coordinates: 32°7′50″N 34°58′19″E
Grid position	147/170 PAL
District	Central
Area
• Total	9,387 dunams (9.387 km2 or 3.624 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	3,946
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Name meaning	Khirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara"[2]

History

Pottery and glass dating from the Roman period (second century CE) and early Byzantine period (fourth century and beginning of fifth century CE), have been found in a burial cave at Kafr Bara.^[3] Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated.^[4] Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (sixth–ninth centuries CE).^[5]

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 located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 20 Muslim households, who paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, and goats and/or beehives; a total of 2,920 akçe. 5/6 of the revenue went to a Waqf.^[6]

British Mandate era

At the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate Kafr Bara had 95 inhabitants, all Muslims, in a total of 19 houses.^[7]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Bara was 150, all Muslims,^[8] who owned 3,959 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.^[9] Of this, 10 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,841 used for cereals,^[10] while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.^[11]

1948, and aftermath

Since 1948, Kafr Bara has been part of the newly founded State of Israel.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Kafr Bara had a population of 3,274 in the 2014 census.^[12]

See also

• Arab localities in Israel