Kabul
Basic Information
- Type
- Town
- Governorate
- Northern District (Israel)
- Region
- Israel - Galilee
Overview
Kabul is a Palestinian town in the Western Galilee, located near Acre. Village Statistics, published in 1945, estimates 560 residents at the end of 1944. Residents cultivated grains, olives, and vegetables. The village came under Israeli control in 1948 and was subjected to military rule until 1966. Agricultural land was confiscated for Kfar Vradim and other Jewish settlements. The town has grown to about 14,000 residents.
Historical Significance
Palestinian town in Western Galilee near Acre; land confiscated for Jewish settlements.
Sources and record limitations
Source detail varies by record. Some entries include document and page references; others supply source names only. Check the cited material and the record's limitations before relying on a specific claim.
- Wikipedia
- Israel CBS
- Adalah
- Kabul Local Council, official Arabic site; supports the Arabic place-name spelling only, not the other historical claims: https://www.kabul.muni.il/
- J. B. Barron, Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922, Table XI, Acre sub-district, PDF p. 40, Kabul locality row, 365 persons: https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/media/yu2knrlt/palestinecensus1922.pdf#page=40
- Government of Palestine, Village Statistics, April 1945, Acre sub-district, printed p. 4 / PDF p. 5, Kabul locality row, 560 persons; population estimates refer to end of 1944 (explanatory note, PDF p. 3): https://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VillageStatistics1945orig.pdf#page=5
The original 1922 census supports the locality total of 365. The 1945 publication supports an end-of-1944 estimate of 560, not a new census; the existing 1945 point retains the publication year. These sources support only the corrected observations and dated population wording. Other imported population, land, military-rule and period accounts remain unverified by this review. The inherited 1958 timeline date remains unverified.