Kafr Dan
| Kafr Dan | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر دان |
| • Also spelled | Kufr Dan (official) |
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  Kafr Dan Location of Kafr Dan within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′43.43″N 35°15′14.56″E / 32.4787306°N 35.2540444°ECoordinates: 32°28′43.43″N 35°15′14.56″E / 32.4787306°N 35.2540444°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 5,148 |
Kafr Dan (Arabic: كفر دان) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate, located 8 km northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 5,148 in 2007.[1]
In 2007, Marayieh Mohammed, a fighter with the Al Quds Brigades, died in the village at the hands of plain-clothed Israeli soldiers.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ 2007 Locality Population Statistics. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 105.
- ↑ http://noticias.terra.com/noticias/un_activista_palestino_muere_en_ataque_del_ejercito_israeli_en_cisjordania/act852553&prev=search
- ↑ "l Koni: We seek to achieve roles integration between local government units and both public and private sectors". 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
Bibliography
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 45, 54)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 225)
- Hadawi, Sami (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. (p. 159)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). 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. (p. 147)
External links
- Welcome to Kafr Dan
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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