Kafr Sur
| Kafr Sur | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر صور |
  Kafr Sur Location of Kafr Sur within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°14′37.55″N 35°03′52.13″E / 32.2437639°N 35.0644806°ECoordinates: 32°14′37.55″N 35°03′52.13″E / 32.2437639°N 35.0644806°E | |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,253 |
Kafr Sur (Arabic: كفر صور) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 12 kilometers Southeast of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Sur had a population of approximately 1,254 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1] 13.5% of the population of Kafr Sur were refugees in 1997.[2]
References
Bibliography
- 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)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 770)
- 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. 139)
- 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. 184)
External links
- Welcome To Kafr Sur
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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