Kafr Lam
Kafr Lam (Arabic: كفر لام) was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast. The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early in the period of Arab Caliphate rule (638–1099 CE) in Palestine. To the Crusaders, both the fort and the village, which they controlled for some time in the 13th century, were known as Cafarlet.
Kafr Lam
كفر لام Kfar Lam | |
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The fortress of Kafr Lam as seen from the southeast | |
| Etymology: The village of Lam | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Kafr Lam (click the buttons) | |
Kafr Lam Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′15″N 34°56′04″E | |
| Palestine grid | 144/227 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | July 16, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,838 dunams (6.838 km2 or 2.640 sq mi) |
| Population (1944-45) | |
| • Total | 340 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | HaBonim, Ein Ayala |
Kafr Lam was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. While the village was largely destroyed, some of its former structures and their ruins can be seen in the Israeli moshav of HaBonim, established on the lands of Kafr Lam in 1949.
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