Kafr 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.[2] 24.8% of the population of Kafr 'Abbush were refugees in 1997.[3] The healthcare facilities for Kafr 'Abbush are based in Kafr 'Abbush, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[4]

Kafr 'Abbush
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicكفر عبّوش
Kafr 'Abbush
Location of Kafr 'Abbush within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°05′04″E
Palestine grid158/181
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTulkarm
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,488
Name meaningThe village of Abbush[1]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[5]

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 Abbus 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.[6]

In 1838, Robinson noted Kefr 'Abush as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.[7]

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."[8]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kafr Abbush had a population of 263 Muslims,[9] increasing in the 1931 census to 360 Muslims, in 63 houses.[10]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Abbush was 480 Muslims,[11] with 4,923 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[12] Of this, 952 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,047 were used for cereals,[13] while 11 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[14]

  • 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.[15]

Post 1967

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

Footnotes
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 183
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
  3. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
  5. Dauphin, 1998, p. 772
  6. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140
  7. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  8. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 165
  9. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27
  10. Mills, 1932, p.53
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75
  13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 125
  14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 175
  15. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27

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