Kafr Bara
Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara is an Arab locality in Israel in situated in its Central [District (Israel)|Central District]. The small village, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Arabs' Little Triangle along with the cities of Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia. In its population was.
History
Pottery and glass dating from the Roman period and early Byzantine period, have been found in a burial cave at Kafr Bara. Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated.Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.
Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 20 Muslim households, who paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, and goats and/or beehives; a total of 2,920 akçe. 5/6 of the revenue went to a Waqf.British Mandate era
At the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate Kafr Bara had 95 inhabitants, all Muslims, in a total of 19 houses.In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Bara was 150, all Muslims, who owned 3,959 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 10 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,841 used for cereals, while 14 dunams were built-up land.