Kafr Ein | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | كفر عين |
• Latin | Kafr 'Ayn (official) Kufur Ain (unofficial) |
Location of Kafr Ein within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°02′54″N 35°07′12″E / 32.04833°N 35.12000°E | |
Palestine grid | 161/161 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
• Head of Municipality | Mohammed Rifa' |
Area | |
• Total | 25,000 dunams (25 km2 or 10 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,958 |
• Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "The Village of the Spring"[2] |
Kafr Ein (Arabic: كفر عين) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Kafr Ein had a population of 1,958 inhabitants in 2017.[1] Most of the village's population comes from the Barghouti, Rifa' and Rafati clans.[3]