This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Khirbet Abu Falah (Arabic: خربة ابو فلاح, translates to "Ruins of the Farmer's Father") is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 26 kilometers (16 mi) north of Ramallah in the central West Bank.

[3] Khirbet Abu Falah is situated in a hilly area in the central highlands of the West Bank and has an average elevation of 743 meters above sea level.

The nearest localities are al-Mazraa al-Sharqiyah to the southwest, Turmus Ayya to the north, al-Mughayyir to the east and Kafr Malik to the south.

[5] In 1970, Prawer and Benvenisti identified Khirbet Abu-Falah with the Crusader place called Caphrapalos, however, this identification was rejected by Israel Finkelstein.

[8] In 1838 Abu Felah was noted as a Muslim village, part of the Beni Salim district, located east of Jerusalem.

[11][12] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "a small hamlet on high ground, with ruins.

[19] Of this, 3,080 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 1,615 for cereals,[20] while 19 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.

[8] Khirbet Abu Falah had a population of 2,900 in the 1997 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).

[8] The largest source of employment in Khirbet Abu Falah is the services sector, which accounts for about 50% of the village's labor force.