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| Kafr Sabt District of Tiberias كفر سبت - כפר סבת Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 22, 1948
Distance from district center
10.5 (km) Southwest of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea
225 (meters)
Map location
See location number #16 on the map
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisKafr Sabt was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisKafr Sabt inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,295
Jewish
5,110
Public
445
Total
9,850
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
7
0
Area planted w/ olives
4
0
Planted W/ Cereal
4,258
5,110
Built up
30
0
Cultivable
4,265
5,110
Non-Cultivable
445
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
160
19th century
300
1922
247
1931
340
1945
480
1948
557
Est. Refugees 1998
3,419
Number of houses
In 1931: 71 (includes Umm al-'Alaq and 'Arab al-Mashariqa)
Town's name through history
The Romans referred to Kafr Sabt by Kefar Shabtay, and the Crusades called it Cafarsset.
Archeological sites
The village contains many khirbas, including Khirbat Umm al-'Alaq and khirbat Damiya.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Sde nan, Sharon, and Ilaniyya
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Piles of stone and stone terraces provide the main indications that the village once occupied the site. Cactuses and a few scattered trees grow among the rubble on the village site. The lands around the site are planted in grain, fruit trees, and almond trees
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