Telfit

This article is about the village in the Jenin Governorate. For the village in the Nablus Governorate, see Talfit.
Telfit
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic تلفت
  Also spelled Tilfit (official)
Khirbet Telfit (unofficial)
Telfit

Location of Telfit within the Palestinian Territories

Coordinates: 32°24′4″N 35°20′25″E / 32.40111°N 35.34028°E / 32.40111; 35.34028Coordinates: 32°24′4″N 35°20′25″E / 32.40111°N 35.34028°E / 32.40111; 35.34028
Governorate Jenin
Government
  Type Local Development Committee
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 238
Name meaning "The Ruin of Telfit"[1]

Telfit (Arabic: تلفت; Khirbet Telfit or Tilfit) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located southeast of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population of 238 in 2007.[2]

Situated on an isolated tell in the Zababdeh Valley, Telfit has an elevation of 390 meters above sea level.[3] Nearby localities include Kufeir to the south, Zababdeh to the southwest, Qabatiya to the west, Umm at-Tut to the north, Jalqamus and al-Mughayyir to the northeast and Raba to the southeast. The principal water source is Ein Ginai, 6 kilometers to the west and there are 35 cisterns in the village. In 1980 Telfit's built-up area consisted of 15 dunams.[3]

History

The northern and westerns parts of Telfit contain ruins dating to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods between the 5th-8th centuries. Ancient building material is used in some of the houses.[3]

The Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine noted in 1882 that the place (then called "Khurbet Telfit") had modern masonry.[4]

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 202
  2. 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 105.
  3. 1 2 3 Zertal, 2007, p. 122
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 240

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