Kafr Bara

Pottery and glass dating from the Roman period (second century CE) and early Byzantine period (fourth century and beginning of fifth century CE), have been found in a burial cave at Kafr Bara.Masarwa, 2008, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=704&mag_id=114 Kafr Bara Final Report] Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated.Eshed, 2017, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=25268&mag_id=125 Kafr Bara Final Report]

Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (sixth–ninth centuries CE).Abu Fana, 2010, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1378&mag_id=117 Kafr Bara Final Report]

In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 20 Muslim households, who paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, and goats and/or beehives; a total of 2,920 akçe. 5/6 of the revenue went to a Waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131

At the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate Kafr Bara had 95 inhabitants, all Muslims, in a total of 19 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 59]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Bara was 150, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p21.jpg 21] who owned 3,959 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Tulkarm/Page-075.jpg 75] Of this, 10 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,841 used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Tulkarm/Page-126.jpg 126] while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Tulkarm/Page-176.jpg 176]

Since 1948, Kafr Bara has been part of the newly founded State of Israel.{{fact|date=January 2024}}

Kafr Bara had a population of 3,274 in the 2014 census.{{cite journal|url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/hodaot2015n/yeshuvim2014.xls |title=לוח 3.- אוכלוסייה( 1), ביישובים שמנו מעל 2,000 תושבים( 2) ושאר אוכלוסייה כפרית Population (1) of localities numbering above 2,000 Residents (2) and other rural population |access-date=2 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003124527/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/hodaot2015n/yeshuvim2014.xls |archive-date=3 October 2015 }}

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|title=Kafr Bara Final Report

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