Kafr Rumman

Potsherd from the Middle Bronze Age IIB,Zertal, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt-IvRhCEyYC&pg=PA362 362] Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman,Dauphin, 1998, p. 761 Byzantine and early Muslim eras have been found here.

Kafr Rumman, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 20 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 3,022 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 126

The old core of the village is presumed to have been built in the 16th-17th century CE, and contains high, fortified buildings.

In 1838 Kefr Rumman was placed in the Wady esh-Sha'ir administrative region, west of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd Appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/129/mode/1up 129]

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted it from nearby Ramin.Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n238/mode/1u 213]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Wadi al-Sha'ir.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=253}}

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Kefr Rumman as: "a small hamlet on the side of the mountain, with a well to the north and olives."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/159/mode/1up 159]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr Rumman had a population of 161 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n29/mode/1up 27] increasing in the 1931 census to 189 Muslims, in 48 houses.Mills, 1932, p.[https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 56]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Rumman was 270 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p21.jpg 21] with 3,933 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, 625 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 352 were 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 5 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]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Rumman came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 466.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p27.pdf 27] It was further noted (note 2) that it was governed through a village council.

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Kafr Rumman has been under Israeli occupation. In 1997, Kafr Rumman had a population of 649, of whom 45.5% were registered refugees.{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status |url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx |access-date=2023-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207051850/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx |archive-date=2012-02-07 }}

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Kafr_Rumman_1270/index.html Welcome To Kafr Rumman]
• [https://www.welcometopalestine.com/destinations/tulkarem/kafr-rumman/ Kafr Rumman], Welcome to Palestine
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8373 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.11.jpg Wikimedia commons]

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