in the 1945 statistics, the population had grown to 2,950; 1360 muslims and 1590 christians, with of land according to an official land and population survey. of this, arabs used 614 dunams for citrus and bananas, 14,699 dunams were plantations and irrigable land; 10,437 were used for cereals, while 132 dunams were built-up (urban) land.