Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 22, 1948
Distance from district center	10.5 (km) Southwest of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	225 (meters)
Map location	See location number #16 on the map
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Kafr Sabt was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kafr Sabt inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,295 Jewish 5,110 Public 445 Total 9,850
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 7 0 Area planted w/ olives 4 0 Planted W/ Cereal 4,258 5,110 Built up 30 0 Cultivable 4,265 5,110 Non-Cultivable 445 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 160 19th century 300 1922 247 1931 340 1945 480 1948 557 Est. Refugees 1998 3,419
Number of houses	In 1931: 71 (includes Umm al-'Alaq and 'Arab al-Mashariqa)
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to Kafr Sabt by Kefar Shabtay, and the Crusades called it Cafarsset.
Archeological sites	The village contains many khirbas, including Khirbat Umm al-'Alaq and khirbat Damiya.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Sde nan, Sharon, and Ilaniyya
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Piles of stone and stone terraces provide the main indications that the village once occupied the site. Cactuses and a few scattered trees grow among the rubble on the village site. The lands around the site are planted in grain, fruit trees, and almond trees