Telfit

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Telfit
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicتلفت
 • LatinTilfit (official)
Khirbet Telfit (unofficial)
Telfit is located in State of Palestine
Telfit
Telfit
Location of Telfit within Palestine
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
Palestine grid182/200
StateState of Palestine
Governoratejn
Government
 • Type
Population
 (2007)
 • Total238
Name meaning"The Ruin of Telfit"[1]

Telfit (Arabic: تلفيت‎; 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[3][4] and Early Islamic periods between the 5th-8th centuries. Ancient building material is used in some of the houses.[3]

Ottoman era[]

In 1838, during the Ottoman era, ‘’Telfit’’ was noted as a Muslim village in the Haritheh area, north of Nablus.[5]

The PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted in 1882 that the place (then called "Khurbet Telfit") had modern masonry.[6]

British Mandate era[]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Telfit had a population of 43; 24 Muslims and 19 Christians,[7] where the Christians were all Orthodox.[8] The population increased in the 1931 census to 120; all Muslim, in a total of 26 houses.[9]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 170; all Muslims,[10] with 6,627 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[11] 194 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,726 dunams for cereals,[12] while a total of 3,707 dunams were non-cultivable land.[13]

1948-1967[]

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

post-1967[]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Telfit has been under Israeli occupation.

References[]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 202
  2. ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 105.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Zertal, 2007, p. 122
  4. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 789
  5. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 130
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 240
  7. ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
  8. ^ Barron, 1923, Table XV, p. 47
  9. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 71
  10. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 17
  11. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
  12. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 100
  13. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 150

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