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Wadi al-Far'a is also the name of the wadi branching out of the Jordan River and where the town Wadi al-Far'a is located

Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority muni Wadi al-Far'a (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank located five kilometers southwest of Tubas. It has a land area of 12,000 dunams, of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are for agricultural purposes. It is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority and is adjacent to the Far'a refugee camp.[1] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 2,340 inhabitants.[2]

Archaeology

Wadi al-Far'a (referred to as Wadi Farah) is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture, in the rugged country of what is now the West Bank. It cuts east through the upper Jordan Valley near Lake Huleh and was excavated as part of three Heavy Neolithic sites discovered by Francis Turville-Petre between 1925 and 1926. The site at Wadi Farah was on a high terrace at the meeting point of the Wadi Salhah. Large numbers of massive flint tools and debris from were found and linked to this little known culture. Tools found included picks, adzes, borers and flake scrapers. The Wadi Farah site near Wadi Salhah was identified as not merely a factory, but an occupational site of the Qaraoun culture during the early Neolithic age.[3][4]

History

Wadi al-Far'a was historically known as Tarza'a and its current name comes from its geographic location, being near the Far'a spring. The village's land was previously owned by residents of nearby Talluza who used it as farmland. In the 1960s, residents from Talluza settled in the area and established a separate village. In 1996, Wadi al-Far'a was officially declared separate from Talluza and was granted its own village council under the Tubas Governorate.[1]

Demographics

In the 1997 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 1,713 inhabitants. Males constituted 51.3% and females constituted 49.7% of the population. In 2006, it grew to 2,341 rising by 32.5%. There are six main families in the village: al-Janajreh (30%), al-Barahameh (30%), as-Salahat (30%) the Darawhsheh, Shanableh and Balatya represent the remaining 10%.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wadi al-Far'a Village Profile Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. February 2006.
  2. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Tubas District by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 446–447.
  4. ^ Francis Adrian Joseph Turville-Petre; Dorothea M. A. Bate; Sir Arthur Keith (1927). Researches in prehistoric Galilee, 1925-1926, p. 108. The Council of the School. Retrieved 22 July 2011. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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