| Umm al-Qutuf
אֻם אל-קֻטוּף, אום אל-קוטוף أمّ القـُطـُف | |
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| Etymology: "The ruin with the St. John's-worts" | |
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| Coordinates: 32°28′1″N 35°3′25″E / 32.46694°N 35.05694°E / 32.46694; 35.05694 | |
| Grid position | 155/208 PAL |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Menashe |
| Population | 1,201 |
Umm al-Qutuf (Arabic: أمّ القـُطـُف; Hebrew: אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located in the triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,201.
History
Pottery remains from the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras have been found here, as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.
Ottoman era
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.
See also
References
- Palmer, 1881, p. 150
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Zertal, 2016, p. 163
- ^ Haddad, 2012, Umm el-Qutuf
- Dauphin, 19918, p. 750
- Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 64
- Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
- Haddad, Elie (2012-03-22). "Umm el-Qutuf". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (124).
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Zertal, A. (2016). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey. Vol. 3. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 978-9004312302.
External links
- Welcome To Umm al-Qutaf
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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