Kafr ad-Dik

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Kafr ad-Dik


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arname=كفر الديك
meaning="Village of the Rooster"
founded=
type=munc
typefrom=
altOffSp=Kafr al-Deek
altUnoSp=Kafar ad-Deek
governorate=sl
latd=32|latm=04|lats=00.15|latNS=N
longd=35 |longm=04|longs=59.53|longEW=E
population=5,150
popyear=2006
area=15,228
areakm=15.2
mayor=

Kafr ad-Dik ( _ar. كفر الديك) is a Palestinian town located 9.5 kilometers west of Salfit in the Salfit Governorate, in the northern West Bank and eight kilometers east of the Green Line. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 5,150 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop05.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Salfit District by Locality 2004- 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics] [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1057 House Demolitions warnings in Kafr ad Dik village] Applied Research Institute Jerusalem 2007-05-07.]

Approximately 70% of the families in Kafr ad-Dik are dependent on agriculture as the main source of income, while the remaining 30% work in the private and public sectors. The unemployment rate in the in the town is 60%. [ [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1020 More of Bruqin's and Kafr Ad dik's land are targeted by the Segregation Wall] Applied Research Institute Jerusalem 2007-03-05.]

The town's total land area consists of 15,228 dunams of which 578 dunams are built-up. However, 119 of those dunums is located outside Kafr ad-Dik's jurisdiction. There are five Israeli settlements built on 1,448 dunams of Kafr ad-Dik's land and the population of the settlers is 2,062. As a result of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian National Authority controls the civil affairs 1,953 dunums of Kafr ad-Dik's land (Area B), while 13,275 dunams are classified as Area C — which is under full Israeli control.

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