Kafr Abbush

Kafr 'Abbush
Kafr 'Abbush
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	كفر عبّوش
	Kafr 'Abbush Location of Kafr 'Abbush within Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°05′04″E / 32.22222°N 35.08444°E
Palestine grid	158/181
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Tulkarm
Government
• Type	Village council
Population (2017)
• Total	1,739
Name meaning	The village of Abbush

Kafr 'Abbush (Arabic: كفر عبّوش) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr 'Abbush had a population of approximately 1,488 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,739 by 2017.^[1]^[3] 24.8% of the population of Kafr 'Abbush were refugees in 1997.^[4] The healthcare facilities for Kafr 'Abbush are based in Kafr 'Abbush, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.^[5]

History

Archeological findings from Kafr 'Abbush include potsherds from the Byzantine era^[6] and two menorahs carved in stone.^[7]

Ottoman era

Kafr 'Abbush was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared under the name of Abbush in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 19 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 4,974 akçe.^[8]

In 1838, Robinson noted Kefr 'Abush as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.^[9] In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.^[10]

In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted the village an agricultural plot of land called Ghabat Kafr 'Abbush in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village.^[11]^[12]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Kafr Abbush as: "a stone village of moderate size, on steep round hill, with a few olives. It is supplied by cisterns. The ground is very rugged near it."^[13]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kafr Abbush had a population of 263 Muslims,^[14] increasing in the 1931 census to 360 Muslims, in 63 houses.^[15]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Abbush was 480 Muslims,^[16] with 4,923 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.^[17] Of this, 952 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,047 were used for cereals,^[18] while 11 dunams were built-up (urban) land.^[19]

Kafr Abbush 1942 1:20,000
Kafr Abbush 1945 1:250,000

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Abbush came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Kafr Abbush was 704.^[20]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Kafr Abbush has been under Israeli occupation.

Demography

Local origins

Residents of Kafr Abbush originally came from Egypt and Kafr Majdal (one village near Taybeh) in the 16th century.^[21]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 183
^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
^ Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 772
^ Dar, Shimon (1984). "Three "Menorot" from Western Samaria". Israel Exploration Journal. 34 (2/3): 177–179. ISSN 0021-2059.
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 255.
^ Marom, Roy, "The Contribution of Conder's Tent Work in Palestine for the Understanding of Shifting Geographical, Social and Legal Realities in the Sharon during the Late Ottoman Period", in Gurevich D. and Kidron, A. (eds.), Exploring the Holy Land: 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Sheffield, UK, Equinox (2019), pp. 212-231
^ Marom, Roy (2022). "The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies, Muse 5,". escholarship.org. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 165
^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27
^ Mills, 1932, p.53
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 125
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 175
^ Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27
^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 345

Bibliography

Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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.
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, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

Welcome To Kafr Abbush
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons

[PrelimCensus2017-1] Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[2] Palmer, 1881, p. 183

[3] Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

[4] Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

[5] Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate

[Dauphin-6] Dauphin, 1998, p. 772

[7] Dar, Shimon (1984). "Three "Menorot" from Western Samaria". Israel Exploration Journal. 34 (2/3): 177–179. ISSN 0021-2059.

[Hutteroth140-8] Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140

[9] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127

[10] Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 255.

[11] Marom, Roy, "The Contribution of Conder's Tent Work in Palestine for the Understanding of Shifting Geographical, Social and Legal Realities in the Sharon during the Late Ottoman Period", in Gurevich D. and Kidron, A. (eds.), Exploring the Holy Land: 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund, Sheffield, UK, Equinox (2019), pp. 212-231

[12] Marom, Roy (2022). "The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies, Muse 5,". escholarship.org. Retrieved 2023-10-06.

[13] Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 165

[Census1922-14] Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27

[Census1931-15] Mills, 1932, p.53

[DoS1945-16] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21

[17] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75

[18] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 125

[19] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 175

[20] Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27

[21] Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 345

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