Khirbet Abu Falah
| Khirbet Abu Falah | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة ابو فلاح |
 Khirbet Abu Falah
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| Coordinates: 32°0′56″N 35°18′5″E / 32.01556°N 35.30139°ECoordinates: 32°0′56″N 35°18′5″E / 32.01556°N 35.30139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 179/157 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Masoud D'ais Hasan Abu Morra |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,237 |
| Name meaning | The ruin of the father of agriculture (perhaps fellah, peasant) |
Khirbet Abu Falah (Arabic: خربة ابو فلاح) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 26 kilometers (16 mi) north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 4,237 in the 2007 census.
Khirbet Abu Falah is situated in a hilly area in the central highlands of the West Bank and has an average elevation of 743 meters above sea level. It is located 15.7 kilometers northeast of Ramallah. The nearest localities are al-Mazraa al-Sharqiyah to the southwest, Turmus Ayya to the north, al-Mughayyir to the east and Kafr Malik to the south.
Shards from the Iron Age and Byzantine eras have been found here.
This place has earlier (by Prawer and Benvenisti, 1970) been identified with the Crusader place called Caphrapalos, however that is not an identification which Finkelstein accepts.
A shard from the early Ottoman era was found, but Finkelstein finds the identification "questionable."
The modern village was re–founded in the 18th century. Prior to becoming a permanent settlement, it was khirba i.e. a temporary settlement. Khirbet Abu Falah became a permanent village when the Jaradat and Shu'man clans moved there from al-Mazraa al-Sharqiya as a result of a dispute with other clans in that village. The village was named after one of its leaders, Abu Falah.
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