Far'un
Far'un | |
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Village council | |
Area | |
• Total | 4,333/8,800 dunams (4.3/8.8 km2 or 0.2 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 4,131 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "Pharaoh"[2] Or "Kafr Awn" which means the Awn's town. |
Far'un (
History
In 1265, Far'un was among the villages and estates sultan
In 1320, Far'un is shown by Marino Sanuto on his map from that year as Farona.[5]
Ottoman era
Far'un was incorporated into the
Far'un was marked as a village named "Faroun" on Pierre Jacotin's map surveyed during Napoleon's 1799 invasion.[7] In 1838, Fer'on was noted as a Greek Christian village in the Beni Sa'ab area, west of Nablus.[8]
In 1870, the French explorer
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Palestine (SWP) described it as "a small village on a slope, at the edge of the plain, with a few trees and a well to the east. The inhabitants are Greek Christians. [..] The name means "Pharaoh" but may perhaps be a corruption of Pharathoni or Pirathion."[5]
British Mandate era
In the
In the 1945 statistics the population of Far'un was 710, 700 Muslims and 10 Christians,[13] and the land area was 8,851 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[14] 390 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 6,479 used for cereals,[15] while 24 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[16]
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Far'un 1942 1:20,000, includingIrtah
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Far'un 1945 1:250,000
Jordanian era
After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Far'un came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 1,093.[17]
Post-1967
During the Six-Day War in 1967, Far'un came under Israeli occupation and has remained so since. The total land area of the town 8,800 dunams, however nearly half of Far'un's land has been confiscated by Israeli authorities. It currently has a land area of 4,333 dunams of which 495 is built-up area.[18] About 70% of the town's land is planted with olive groves, 5% is cultivated with citrus, guava and almond trees.[19]
Most of the town's labor force is employed in
Nufs Jebil
1.5 km SE of Far'un village centre lies Nufs Jebil. In 1882, SWP found "Foundations on a hill" here.[25]
References
- ^ 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. 182
- ^ 2007 PCBS census Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 108.
- ^ Ibn al-Furat, 1971, pp. 81, 209, 249 (map)
- ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 164
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 139
- ^ Karmon, 1960, p. 170 Archived 2019-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p.352
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 255.
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Tulkarem, p. 27
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 54
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 20
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 74
- ^ 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
- ^ Closure of an agricultural Wall gate threatens the olive-picking season in Far'un village Archived 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 18 September 2006.
- ^ a b Effects of the Segregation Wall and Israeli military garrison on the Palestinian village of Faro'un / Tulkarm governorate Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 6 September 2003.
- ^ Far'un PalestineRemembered. (in Arabic)
- ^ grid no.: 1536/1872, according to Pringle, 1986, p. 41
- ^ "The watershed"; according to Palmer, 1881, p. 189
- ^ Boas, 2006, p. 82, citing Röhricht, 1893, RHH p. 220, no. 818
- ^ Clermont-Ganneau, 1888, pp. 335, 401, cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. 205, No. 768
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 210
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Boas, Adrian J. (2006). Archaeology of the Military Orders: A Survey of the Urban Centres, Rural Settlement and Castles of the Military Orders in the Latin East (c. 1120-1291). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0415299802.
- Clermont-Ganneau, C.S. (1888). Recueil d'archéologie orientale (in French). Vol. 1. Paris.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- 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.
- Guérin, V. (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Centre.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (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.
- Ibn al-Furat (1971). J. Riley-Smith (ed.). Ayyubids, Mamluks and Crusaders: Selections from the "Tarikh Al-duwal Wal-muluk" of Ibn Al-Furat : the Text, the Translation. Vol. 2. Translation by Malcolm Cameron Lyons, Ursula Lyons. Cambridge: W. Heffer.
- Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal. 10 (3, 4): 155–173, 244–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- 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.
- ISBN 0950054267.
- 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.
- Röhricht, R. (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana.
External links
- Welcome To Far'un
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Jacotin, map #45