Umm al-Qutuf

Place in Haifa, Israel
Umm al-Qutuf
32°28′1″N 35°3′25″E / 32.46694°N 35.05694°E / 32.46694; 35.05694
Grid position155/208 PAL
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
CouncilMenashe
Population
 (2022)[2]
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.[2]

History

Pottery remains from the Hellenistic,[3] Roman,[3][4] and Byzantine eras have been found here,[3][4][5] as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.[3]

Ottoman era

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."[6]

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.[7]

A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) and Barta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left is Qazir

See also

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 150
  2. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Zertal, 2016, p. 163
  4. ^ a b Haddad, 2012, Umm el-Qutuf
  5. ^ Dauphin, 19918, p. 750
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 64
  7. ^ 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" (124). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • 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.

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