Kafr Zibad | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر زيباد |
  Kafr Zibad Location of Kafr Zibad withinPalestine | |
| Coordinates:32°13′27″N35°04′16″E / 32.22417°N 35.07111°E /32.22417; 35.07111 | |
| Palestine grid | 156/181 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,219 |
Kafr Zibad (Arabic:كفر زيباد) is aPalestinian village in theTulkarm Governorate in the western part of theWest Bank, located 17 kilometers south ofTulkarm.
The name of Kafr Zibad is thought to be originally from Zabad, its Semite name which means generosity.[2]E. H. Palmer noted that the name meant thevillage of Zebed, and suggested to connect it with Zebedee, aHebrew name.[3]
Archeological findings from Kafr Zibad includepotsherds from theByzantine period[4] and arelief of a six-armedmenorah.[5][6]
Kafr Zibad was incorporated into theOttoman Empire in 1517 with all ofPalestine, and in 1596 it appeared under that name in thetax registers as being in theNahiya of Bani Sa'b of theLiwa ofNablus. It had a population of 50 households, allMuslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 10,280akçe.[7]
In 1838,Robinson notedKefr Zibad as a village inBeni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.[8]
In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted the village an agricultural plot of land called Ghabat Kafr Zibad in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village. This formed the nucleus for the later village ofKhirbat al-Zababida, founded by Kafr Zibad's residents.[9][10]
In 1870/1871 (1288AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in thenahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.[11]
In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine noted at Kafr Zibad: "A village of moderate size on a small plateau, overhanging the valley on the north of it. It is of stone. A steep ascent, with acistern on the north, on the south a fig-garden, and beyond this a few olives, where the tents of the Survey party were pitched. Near them was arock-cut tomb. The water supply is from cisterns."[12]
In the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities,Kufr Zaibad had a population of 260 Muslims,[13] increasing in the1931 census to 469 Muslims, in 96 houses.[14]
In the1945 statistics the population of Kafr Zibad was 1,590 Muslims,[15] with 7,085 dunams (708.5 ha; 1,751 acres) of land according to an official land and population survey.[16] Of this, 2,266 dunams (226.6 ha; 560 acres) were plantations and irrigable land, 1,434 dunams (143.4 ha; 354 acres) were used for cereals,[17] while 22 dunams (2.2 ha; 5.4 acres) were built-up (urban) land.[18]
In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Zibad came underJordanian rule.
In 1961, the population of Kafr Zibad was 643.[19]
After theSix-Day War in 1967, Kafr Zibad came underIsraeli occupation.
19% of the population of Kafr Zibad were refugees in 1991.[20] The healthcare and education facilities for the surrounding villages are based in Kafr Zibad, Kafr Zibad secondary school being one of the best schools in the region. There is a historical mosque dated to the times ofCaliphOmar Ibn al-Khattab, and there are a police center and sport club. The facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[21]
Kafr Zibad had a population of approximately 1,306 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,219 and 2017.[1][2]
After Israel built theIsraeli West Bank barrier, 175 acres (710 dunams; 71 ha) of irrigated land owned by Kafr Zibad villagers was isolated behind the barrier. Access to this land is dependent on Israeli cumbersome permitting process.[22][23][24]
The third menorah was carved on a limestone block found in Kafr Zebad (map ref. 156 181) 1.2 km west of Kafr 'Abbush, lying on the ground near a disused house.
on a relief from a Zibad Samarian village a menorah with six arms was found
