Kafr Ein
| Kafr Ein | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر عين |
| • Also spelled | Kafr 'Ayn (official) Kufur Ain (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°02′54″N 35°07′12″E / 32.04833°N 35.12000°ECoordinates: 32°02′54″N 35°07′12″E / 32.04833°N 35.12000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 161/161 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Mohammed Rifa' |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 25,000 dunams (25 km2 or 10 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,743 |
| Name meaning | "The Village of the Spring" |
Kafr Ein (Arabic: كفر عين) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Kafr Ein had a population of 1,743 inhabitants in 2007. Most of the village's population comes from the Barghouti, Rifa' and Rafati clans.
Kafr Ein is transliterated as "spring village". The village contains ten springs and ten reservoirs, one of which was recently damaged.
It is believed that there is an ancient site at the top of a local mountain known as Haraek, which contains a church and a mosque. According to local legend, the site was destroyed during the Crusades and the single villager who survived its destruction came down to found Kafr Ein.
Potsherds from the early Ottoman time have been found. It is noted in the Ottoman tax records of the 16th century as being located in the Sanjak of Al-Quds.
Kafr Ein was ruled by the Barghouti family throughout the later half of the Ottoman rule of Palestine, located within the sheikhdom of Bani Zeid. It produced 52 qintars of olive oil annually, exporting it to Jerusalem or Nablus mainly for traditional soap-making.
The French explorer Victor Guérin passed by the village in 1870, and noted that it "did not seem very considerable," while an Ottoman village list of about the same year showed a population of 260, in 69 houses, though the population count included men, only.
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