Kafr Qasim
Kafr Qasim
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City (from 2008) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Kpar Qásim, Kpar Qáˀsem |
| • Also spelled | Kafar Qasem (official) Kufur Kassem (unofficial) |
 Roundabout in Kafr Qasim with a monument for the massacre in 1956, the central mosque with another monument, and mixed-used buildings. | |
 Emblem of Kafr Qasim | |
| Coordinates: 32°06′54″N 34°58′30″E / 32.1151°N 34.9751°E | |
| Grid position | 167/148 PAL |
| District | Central |
| Founded | 19th century |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adel Badir |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,154 dunams (9.154 km2 or 3.534 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 25,285 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | The village of Kasim[2] |
| Website | kfar-qasem |
Kafr Qasim (Arabic: كفر قاسم, Hebrew: כַּפְר קָאסִם), also spelled as Kafr Qassem, Kufur Kassem, Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem, is a hill-top city in Israel with an Arab population. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Tel Aviv.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 230
Other websites
[change | change source]- Kfar-Qasem municipality website Archived 2019-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Kufur-Kassem home page
- Kufur-Kassem official home page
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- the village location
- Material in English
- Material in Hebrew כפר קאסם בעברית
- Welcome To Kafr Qasem
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