Kafr Ein
Kafr Ein | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كفر عين |
| • Latin | Kafr 'Ayn (official) Kufur Ain (unofficial) |
Kafr Ein Location of Kafr Ein within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°02′54″N 35°07′12″E / 32.04833°N 35.12000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 161/161 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Mohammed Rifa' |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,000 dunams (25 km2; 9.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,958 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The Village of the Spring" |
Kafr Ein (Arabic: كفر عين) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Kafr Ein had a population of 1,958 inhabitants in 2017. Most of the village's population comes from the Barghouti, Rifa' and Rafati clans.