Rafat, Salfit
| Rafat | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رافات |
| • Also spelled | Rafat (official) |
Rafat in the front, az-Zawiya behind
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| Coordinates: 32°04′41″N 35°02′43″E / 32.07806°N 35.04528°ECoordinates: 32°04′41″N 35°02′43″E / 32.07806°N 35.04528°E | |
| Palestine grid | 154/164 |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,861 |
| Name meaning | Rafat, personal name, meaning "acts of kindness" |
Rafat (Arabic: رافات) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 38 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 1,861 in 2007.
Rafa is located south of az-Zawiya, north east of Deir Ballut, and north west of Kafr ad-Dik.
Sherds from the Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic/Roman, Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.
A white mosaic pavements has been found here.
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and potsherds from the early Ottoman period have been found here. It appeared in the 1596 tax-records as 'Arafat, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 6 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 3,100 Akçe.
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