Kfar Kama

Infobox Israel municipality
name=Kfar Kama


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caption= The mosque in Kfar Kama
hebname=כפר כמא
arname=كفر كما
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founded=1876
type=lc
typefrom=1950
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district=north
population=3300
popyear=2008
area_dunam=10000
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pushpin_map_caption=Location within Israel's North District
latd=32 |latm=43 |lats=19 |latNS=N
longd=35 |longm=26 |longs=27 |longEW=E

Kfar Kama ( _he. כפר כמא, _ar. كفر كما, Lang-ady|Кфар Кама) is a town located in the lower Galilee, Israel, with a population of 2,900, [cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2007/table3.pdf |title=POPULATION OF LOCALITIES NUMBERING ABOVE 1,000 INHABITANTS AND OTHER RURAL POPULATION |date=2006-12-31 |work=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|format=PDF] largely Circassian.

There is archaeological evidence that the area was inhabited from the 6th century. The current village was founded in 1876 by Circassians who were exiled from the Caucasus by the Russians to the Ottoman Empire due to the Russian-Circassian War.

A Center for Circassian Heritage is situated in the village.

The school in the village teaches in a mixed environment of classes in Circassian, Hebrew, Arabic and English languages. [ [http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=555273&contrassID=2&subContrassID=2&sbSubContrassID=0 מדברים פה בהרבה שפות? נקרא לזה "בית ספר רב לשוני". יולי חרומצ'נקו, הארץ] ]

Kfar Kama is one of two Circassian villages in Israel. The other one is Rehaniya. The Circassians are Muslims, who unlike the main Israeli Arab Muslim minority, perform military service in the IDF, similar to the Israeli Druze.

References

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA01AGzqasA A tour in Kfar Kama] - YouTube