Kafr Jammal
| Kufr Jammal | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر جمّال |
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Kufr Jammal | |
  Kufr Jammal Location of Kufr Jammal within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°13′31.03″N 35°02′38.58″E / 32.2252861°N 35.0440500°ECoordinates: 32°13′31.03″N 35°02′38.58″E / 32.2252861°N 35.0440500°E | |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
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| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,550 |
| Name meaning | The village of camels |
Kafr Jammal (Arabic: كفر جمّال), is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western edge of the West Bank. It is located about halfway between Qalqilyah and Tulkarm, and has a population of around 3,000. The village is mainly agricultural, and mostly raises olive and citrus crops. Kafr Jammal is at an altitude of 257 meters, and is bordered by Falamya in the west, Kafr Zibad in the east, Jayyous in the south, and Kafr Sur to the north.
Kafr Jammal enjoys good relations with neighboring territories, and heavy education and commercial exchange take place among them. The village is also notable for having a large diaspora outside the West Bank, mostly in Jordan, but also in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Kafr Jammal's population follow the Hanbali and Shafi'i fiqh (schools of Sunni Islam).
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Village center
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Orange crop
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Local cemetery
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. (p. 165)
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- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
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External links
- Welcome To Kafr Abbush
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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