Far'ata | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | فرعتا |
| • Latin | Far'ata (unofficial) |
 Far'ata | |
  Far'ata Location of Fara'ata withinPalestine | |
| Coordinates:32°11′26″N35°09′57″E / 32.19056°N 35.16583°E /32.19056; 35.16583 | |
| Palestine grid | 165/177 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Elevation | 432−518 m (−1,267 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 872 |
| Name meaning | Ferata, p.n.[3] |
Far'ata (Arabic:فرعتا) was aPalestinian village in theQalqilya Governorate in the Western area of theWest Bank, located 16 kilometers Southwest ofNablus. According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 872 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
In 2012 Fara'ata was merged with the largerImmatain village council.[1]
Immatin and Far’ata are located 19 kilometers (12 mi) west ofQalqiliya. They are bordered byTell to the east,Deir Istiya to the south,Jinsafut,Al Funduq andHajjah to the west, andKafr Qaddum andJit to the north.[1]
Byzantine ceramics have been found in the village.[4]
Fara'ata was noted in theSamaritan Chronicle (from the 12th century) under the name of Ophrah, while it has been known under its present name since the 14th century.[5]
Far'ata was incorporated into theOttoman Empire in 1517 with all ofPalestine, and in 1596 it appeared in thetax registers asFara'ta, being in theNahiya of Jabal Qubal of theLiwa ofNablus. It had a population of 12 households and 6 bachelor, allMuslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 4,500Akçe.[6]
In 1838,Fer'ata was noted as located inJurat Merda, south of Nablus.[7]
In 1870 the French explorerVictor Guérin visited Far'ata, which he described having "a very small number" of people, with somecisterns and remains of a stonesarcophagus as remnants of former history.[8]
In 1870/1871 (1288AH), an Ottoman census listed the village with a population of 10households in thenahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Awwal, subordinate to Nablus.[9]
In thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) (1882), Far'ata was described as a "small village of ancient appearance, standing on a [..] mound, with a rock-cut tomb to the south, and a sacredMukam to the east."[5]
In the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, Far'ata had a population of 36, all Muslim,[10] increasing in the1931 census to of 47 Muslims, in a total of 11 houses.[11]
In the1945 statistics the population of Far'ata was 70 Muslims,[12] while the total land area was 1,664dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 56 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 961 for cereals,[14] while 10 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[15]
In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the1949 Armistice Agreements, Far'ata came underJordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 317 inhabitants in Faraata.[16]
Since theSix-Day War in 1967, Far'ata has been held underIsraeli occupation.
After the1995 accords, 58.3% of the total village land of Immatain/Far'ata was assigned asArea B land, while the remaining 41.7% isArea C land.[17]
In 2010, Far'ata was described byGideon Levy as one of the Palestinian villages where the people "live in terror of thesettlers and their accursed 'Price tag,' and nobody came to their defense".[18]
Fara'ata's residents originally came fromImmatain.[19]
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