Kafr Yasif
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Local council (from 1925) | |
Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Kpar Yasip |
• Also spelled | Kafar Yasif (official) Kfar Yasif (unofficial) |
Coordinates: 32°57′17″N 35°9′55″E / 32.95472°N 35.16528°E | |
Grid position | 165/262 PAL |
Country | Israel |
District | Northern |
Government | |
• Head of Municipality | Shadi Shweiry |
Area | |
• Total | 3,194 dunams (3.194 km2 or 1.233 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 10,394 |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi) |
Ethnicity | |
• Arabs | 99.8% |
• Jews and others | 0.2% |
Name meaning | "Village of Yasif"[2] |
Kafr Yasif (Arabic: كفر ياسيف, Kufr Yaseef; Hebrew: כַּפְר יָסִיף) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northeast of the city of Acre and adjacent to Abu Sinan and Yarka. The population of Kafr Yasif is half Christian (52.1%) with the rest Muslim (44.9%), and a small Druze community.[3]