Kafr Jammal

Kafr Jammal (Arabic: كفر جمّال‎), is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western edge of the West Bank. It is located about halfway between Qalqilyah and Tulkarm, and has a population of around 3,000. The village is mainly agricultural, and mostly raises olive and citrus crops. Kafr Jammal is at an altitude of 257 meters, and is bordered by Falamya in the west, Kafr Zibad in the east, Jayyous in the south, and Kafr Sur to the north.

Kufr Jammal
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicكفر جمّال
Kufr Jammal
Kufr Jammal
Location of Kufr Jammal within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°13′31″N 35°02′39″E
Palestine grid154/181
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTulkarm
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,550
Name meaningThe village of camel-drivers[1]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[2]

Ottoman era

Kafr Jammal was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared under that name in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b, part of the Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 17 households and 13 bachelors, all Muslims. 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 11,074 akçe.[3]

In 1838, Kefr Jemmal was noted as a village in the Beni Sa'ab area, west of Nablus.[4] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Kefr Jemmal as "a small stone village on a knoll, with cisterns."[5]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr Jammal had a population of 396 Muslims,[6] increasing in the 1931 census to 499; 1 Christian and 498 Muslims, in 109 houses.[7]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Jammal was 690 Muslims,[8] with 14,945 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 1,702 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 4,451 were used for cereals,[10] while 19 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[11]

  • Kafr Jammal 1942 1:20,000, including Falama
  • Kafr Jammal 1945 1:250,000

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Jammal came under Jordanian rule. It was later annexed by Jordan in 1950.

In 1961, the population of Kafr Jamal was 1,041.[12]

Post 1967

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

Kafr Jammal enjoys good relations with neighboring territories, and heavy education and commercial exchange take place among them. The village is also notable for having a large diaspora outside the West Bank, mostly in Jordan, but also in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Kafr Jammal's population follow the Hanbali and Shafi'i fiqh (schools of Sunni Islam).

  • Village center
  • Orange crop
  • Local cemetery

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 183
  2. Dauphin, 1998, p. 772
  3. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140
  4. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 165
  6. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 28
  7. Mills, 1932, p.55
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 126
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 176
  12. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 27

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