Rafat, Salfit
Rafat | |
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Village council | |
Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 2,522 |
Name meaning | Rafat, personal name, meaning "acts of kindness"[3] |
Rafat (
Location
Rafat is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) west of
History
Three olive oil installations dating from the Iron Age have been found here, alongside a white mosaic pavement.[4]
Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was included in the
In the
In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus.[8] Extensive ruins were also noted here.[9]
In 1870
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Rafat had a population of 92, all Muslim,[15] increasing in the 1931 census to 127, still all Muslim, in a total of 31 houses.[16]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Rafat was 180, all Muslims,[17] while the total land area was 8,125 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[18] Of this, 1,889 dunams were used for cereals,[19] while 24 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.[20]
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Rafat 1943 1:20,000
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Rafat 1945 1:250,000
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Rafat came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 375.[21]
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Rafat has been under Israeli occupation.
After the
Notable people
References
- ^ a b Rafat village profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ 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. 240
- ^ a b c Finkelstein et al, 1997, pp. 254-255
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 815
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 134
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022-11-01). "Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE". Lod, Lydda, Diospolis. 1: 17.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 126
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 20
- ^ Guérin, 1875, pp. 129 -130; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 367
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p.130: le roc et mesurant 15 pas de long sur 1o de large. Sur les pentes de la colline ont été pratiqués plusieurs tombeaux, dont la forme est celle d'auges ou de fosses creusées perpendiculairement dans le roc, à fleur du sol; elles étaient fermées jadis au moyen soit d'un couvercle en dos d'âne,soit tout simplement de gros blocs monolithes plus ou moins bien équarris, comme on l'observe, par exemple, pour les tombeaux du Kharbet el-Medieh, à l'endroit appelé Kharbet el-Yehoud.
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 253.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 286
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 367
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 26
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 64
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 60
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 107
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 157
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Rafat village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
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.
- ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
- ISBN 965-440-007-3.
- 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.
- 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 Center.
- 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.
- 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 Rafat
- Rafat, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Rafat village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- Rafat village profile, ARIJ
- Rafat, aerial photo, ARIJ
- Development Priorities and Needs in Rafat, ARIJ
- Four Demolition Orders in Rafat – Salfit Governorate, POICA