Kafr Qara

Kafr Qara
  • כַּפְר קַרִע‎‎
  • كفر قرع‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259 Kpar Qáriˁ
 • Also spelled Kefar Qara (official)
Kfar Qari (unofficial)

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Kafr Qara
Coordinates: 32°30′20.89″N 35°3′13.76″E / 32.5058028°N 35.0538222°E / 32.5058028; 35.0538222Coordinates: 32°30′20.89″N 35°3′13.76″E / 32.5058028°N 35.0538222°E / 32.5058028; 35.0538222
District Haifa
Government
 • Type Local council
Area
 • Total 7,000 dunams (7 km2 or 3 sq mi)
Population (2015)[1]
 • Total 17,689
Name meaning "The village of the gourd"[2]

Kafr Qara (Arabic: كفر قرع‎‎, Hebrew: כַּפְר קַרִע‎; also spelled Kafr Qari) is an Arab town in Israel 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Haifa. In 2015 its population was 17,689. Kafr Qara holds the highest record for doctors relative to population size in the country, around 14.8 doctors per 1,000 citizens (2007, with more than 50 medicine student back then), Kafr Qara known as well for recording a high rate of academics and master's degree holders..

History

Ottoman era

In 1859 the population was 450 people, who cultivated 32 feddans of land.[3] In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Kefr Kara as a "good-sized stone village on high ground, with a well to the east, and caves."[3]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr Qara had a population 776, 9 Christians and 767 Muslims.[4] This had increased in the 1931 census to 1,109, 4 Christians and 1,105 Muslims, in 198 houses.[5]

In 1945, Kafr Qara had a population of 1,510 Arabs, who owned 14,543 dunams of land.[6] Of this, 227 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 11,516 for cereals,[7] while 25 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[8]

Post 1948

Kafr Qara is part of the Triangle. It is located in the Wadi Ara region, northwest of the Green Line. Most of the inhabitants are Muslim. It is governed by a local council. Kafr Qara now has about 7000 dunams of land left, after land was expropriated by the local authorities and Israeli government for public and military use.[9] WAC, an independent labor association, is located in the village.[10]

Education

In September 2003, a group of local parents founded a bilingual, multicultural elementary school in Kafr Qara, named Hand in Hand – Bridge over the Wadi, or "Bridge over the Wadi". Kafr Qara high school, established in 1970 as a vocational school, is now a comprehensive high school for 10th–12th graders from Kafr Qara and environs. The school has participated in multicultural projects such as Jitli, and offers a joint leadership program for Arab and Jewish teenagers.[9]

Kafr Qara holds the highest record for doctors relative to population size in the country , around 14.8 doctors per 1,000 citizens(2007, with more than 50 medicine student back then), Kafr Qara known as well for recording a high rate of academics and Master's degree holders.[11]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
  3. 1 2 Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 42
  4. ↑ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. 34
  5. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 94
  6. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, ' 1970, p. 48
  7. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 90
  8. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 140
  9. 1 2 "Arab minority in Israel" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  10. ↑ Stern, Yoav (2011-04-17). "Kfar Qara group to protest lack of work caused by import of foreign labor - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  11. ↑

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