Kafra, Baysan
Kafra
كفرة | |
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Kafra well, ca 1920 | |
| Etymology: "The village" | |
1870s map
1940s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
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Kafra Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′35″N 35°29′27″E / 32.59306°N 35.49083°E | |
| Palestine grid | 196/222 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | May 16, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,172 dunams (9.172 km2; 3.541 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 430 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Kafra (Arabic: كفرة), was a Palestinian Arab village located 10.5 kilometres north of Baysan. Built along both sides of the Wadi Kafra, the village had been known by this name since at least the time of the Crusades. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Palestine War on May 16, 1948.