Kafr Bara

Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara (كفر برا; כַּפְר בַּרָא) is an Arab locality in Israel in situated in its Central District. The small village, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Arabs' Little Triangle along with the cities of Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia. In its population was.

History
Pottery and glass dating from the Roman period (second century CE) and  early Byzantine period (fourth century and beginning of fifth century CE), have been found in a   burial cave at Kafr Bara. Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated. Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (sixth–ninth centuries CE).

Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the  1596 tax-records it appeared located  in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 20 Muslim households, who paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including   wheat, barley, summer crops, and goats and/or beehives; a total of 2,920  akçe. 5/6 of the revenue went to a Waqf.

British Mandate era
At the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate Kafr Bara   had 95 inhabitants, all Muslims, in a total of  19 houses.

In the 1945 statistics  the population of Kafr Bara was 150, all Muslims, who owned 3,959  dunams of land  according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 10 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,841 used for cereals, while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

1948, and aftermath
Since 1948, Kafr Bara has been part of the newly founded State of Israel.

Demographics
Kafr Bara had a population of 3,274 in the 2014 census.