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]
Umm al-Qutuf
אֻם אל-קֻטוּף, אום אל-קוטוף أمّ القـُطـُف | |
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| Etymology: "The ruin with the St. John's-worts"[1] | |
  Umm al-Qutuf  Umm al-Qutuf | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′1″N 35°3′25″E / 32.46694°N 35.05694°E | |
| Grid position | 155/208 PAL |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Menashe |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,201 |
History
editPottery 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
editIn 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."[6]
British Mandate era
editIn the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 150
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d Zertal, 2016, p. 163
- ^ a b 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
edit- 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
edit- Welcome To Umm al-Qutaf
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
