Shufa, Tulkarm

Shufa, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was named Sufa, part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 8 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 3,202 akçe.[6]

In 1838, it was noted as a village, Shaufeh in the Wady esh-Sha'ir district, west of Nablus.[7]

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted the village on a hilltop, and taking it as equal importance as Saffarin.[8]

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Shufeh as: "A small stone village, in a strong position on a ridge, with steep slopes north and south. It is supplied by a well in the village, and has a few olives below it. A good view is obtained from it over the plain, and the country north and south, as well as to the range north of Sebustieh."[9]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Shufeh had a population of 207 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 259 Muslims, living in 47 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Shufa was 370 Muslims,[12] with 11,690 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 4,315 dunams were used for cereals,[14] while 6 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[15]

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  Shufa 1942 1:20,000
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  Shufa 1945 1:250,000

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Shufa came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 503.[16]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Shufa has been under Israeli occupation.

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