Kafr Abbush
| Kafr 'Abbush | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر عبّوش |
 Kafr 'Abbush
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| Coordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°05′04″E / 32.22222°N 35.08444°ECoordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°05′04″E / 32.22222°N 35.08444°E | |
| Palestine grid | 158/181 |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,488 |
| Name meaning | The village of Abbush |
Kafr 'Abbush (Arabic: كفر عبّوش) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr 'Abbush had a population of approximately 1,488 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. 24.8% of the population of Kafr 'Abbush were refugees in 1997. The healthcare facilities for Kafr 'Abbush are based in Kafr 'Abbush, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.
Kafr Abbush was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared under the name of Abbus in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 19 Muslim households. 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 4,974 akçe.
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Kafr Abbush as: "a stone village of moderate size, on steep round hill, with a few olives. It is supplied by cisterns. The ground is very rugged near it."
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kafr Abbush had a population of 263 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 360 Muslims, in 63 houses.
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