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Telfit (Arabic: تلفيت; or Tilfit) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, 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 and 439 by 2017.[1][3]
Telfit | |
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Local Development Committee | |
Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | تلفت |
• Latin | Telfit, Tilfit, Talfit |
Location of Telfit within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°24′4″N 35°20′25″E | |
Palestine grid | 182/200 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jenin |
Government | |
• Type | Local Development Committee |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 439 |
Name meaning | "The Ruin of Telfit"[2] |
Situated on an isolated tell in the Zababdeh Valley, Telfit has an elevation of 390 meters above sea level.[4] 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.[4]
The northern and westerns parts of Telfit contain ruins dating to the Byzantine[4][5] and Early Islamic periods between the 5th-8th centuries. Ancient building material is used in some of the houses.[4]
Telfit is absent from 16th century records. It was initially settled by people from Qabatiya. It is likely that the village was not inhabited before the 18th century.[6]
In 1838, during the Ottoman era, ‘’Telfit’’ was noted as a Muslim village in the Haritheh area, north of Nablus.[7]
The PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted in 1882 that the place (then called "Khurbet Telfit") had modern masonry.[8]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Telfit had a population of 43; 24 Muslims and 19 Christians,[9] where the Christians were all Orthodox.[10] The population increased in the 1931 census to 120; all Muslim, in a total of 26 houses.[11]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 170; all Muslims,[12] with 6,627 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[13] 194 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,726 dunams for cereals,[14] while a total of 3,707 dunams were non-cultivable land.[15]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Telfit came under Jordanian rule.
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Telfit has been under Israeli occupation.
Most of the village's residents are descendants of refugees from Arabia and Turkmen from Central Asia, who work as land tenants.[6]
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