Umm Kalkha
اُم كلخة | |
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Etymology: Khurbet Umm Kelkhah; The ruin of kelkha (a plant like fennel) [1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°48′51″N 34°51′57″E / 31.81417°N 34.86583°E | |
Palestine grid | 137/135 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Date of depopulation | April 7, 1948 |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 60[2][3] |
Current Localities | Yesodot[4][5] |
Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948, during Operation Nachshon. It was located 12.5 km south of Ramla, situated on the northern banks of Wadi al-Sarar.