Kafr Dan
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Location
Kafr Dan is located north-west of Jenin; just east of Al-Yamun and north of Burqin.
History
Pottery remains from the Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic periods and the Middle Ages have been found here.[3]
Palmer suggested to identify Kafr Dan with Capher Outheni (Template:Langx), a village mentioned in the Talmud.[4]
Ottoman era
Kafr Dan, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. During the 16th and 17th centuries, it belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley, Haifa, Jenin, Beit She'an Valley, northern Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain.[5][6]
In the census of 1596, Kafr Dan appeared as "Kafradan”, located in the nahiya of Sha'ara in the liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 9 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 6,000 akçe.[7] Pottery remains from the Ottoman era have also been found here.[3]
In 1838 Edward Robinson, calling it Kefr Adan, noted it among many other villages on the plain; Lajjun, Umm al-Fahm, Ti'inik, Silat al-Harithiya, Al-Yamun and el Barid,[8] located in the District of Jenin, also called Haritheh esh-Shemaliyeh.[9]
In 1870 Victor Guérin found at Kafr Dan “a broken column and a certain number of cut stones of ancient appearance.”[10] Guérin estimated that the village had 300 inhabitants.[11] In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya of Shafa al-Gharby.[12]
In 1882 the PEF’s Survey of Western Palestine described the area as a "village of moderate size on the slope of the hills, built of stone, with olives below, and a well on the west.” They called the village “Kefr Adan”.[13]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr Dan had a population of 486; all Muslims,[14] increasing in the 1931 census to 603, still all Muslim, in a total of 135 houses.[15]
In the 1945 statistics, the population was 850, all Muslims,[16] with 7,328 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[17] 5 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 2,680 for plantations and irrigable land, 3,799 for cereals,[18] while 34 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[19]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Dan came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,262 inhabitants.[20]
Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Kafr Dan has been under Israeli occupation.
In 2009, Kafr Dan Village Council was upgraded into a municipality. The mayor, Bilal Mer'i, joined with Prime Minister Rami Hamdullah for the ceremony.[21]
References
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- ↑ 2007 Locality Population Statistics Template:Webarchive. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 105.
- ↑ a b Zertal, 2016, pp. 213-214
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
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- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 159
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 161
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd Appendix, p. 130
- ↑ Guerin, 1875, p. 225, as given by Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 54
- ↑ Guerin, 1875, p. 225
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- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 45
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 67
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
- ↑ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
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External links
- Welcome to Kafr Dan
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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