Kafr Jammal

Kafr Jammal

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Kufr Jammal


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caption=Kufr Jammal
arname=كفر جمّال
meaning= The village of camels
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population=2,550
popyear=2006
latd=32|latm=13|lats=31.03|latNS=N
longd=35|longm=02|longs=38.58|longEW=E
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Kafr Jammal (Arabic: كفر جمّال), is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western edge of the West Bank. It is located about halfway between Qalqilyah and Tulkarm, and has a population of around 3,000. The village is mainly agricultural, and mostly raises olive and citrus crops. Kafr Jammal is at an altitude of 257 meters, and is bordered by Falamya in the west, Kafr Zibad in the east, Jayyous in the south, and the Israeli settlement of Sal'it in the north.

Kafr Jammal enjoys good relations with neighboring territories, and heavy education and commercial exchange take place among them. The village is also notable for having a large diaspora outside the West Bank, mostly in Jordan, but also in Saudi Arabia and the United States. Kafr Jammal's population follow the Hanbali and Shafi'i fiqh (schools of Sunni Islam).


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