Telfit

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]

This article is about the village in the Jenin Governorate. For the village in the Nablus Governorate, see Talfit.
Telfit
Local Development Committee
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicتلفت
 • LatinTilfit (official)
Khirbet Telfit (unofficial)
Telfit
Location of Telfit within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°24′4″N 35°20′25″E
Palestine grid182/200
StateState of Palestine
Governoratejn
Government
 • TypeLocal Development Committee
Population
 (2007)
 • Total238
Name meaning"The Ruin of Telfit"[1]

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. 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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