Umm ash Shauf

For the former Palestinian village in the Ramle subdistrict, see Dayr Muhaysin.
Umm al-Shawf
أُم الشوف
Umm al Shauf
Village
Etymology: The place with the harrow[1]
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Umm al-Shawf is located in Mandatory Palestine
Umm al-Shawf
Umm al-Shawf
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′12″N 35°02′55″E / 32.55333°N 35.04861°E / 32.55333; 35.04861
Palestine grid154/217
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 12–14, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total7,426 dunams (7.426 km2 or 2.867 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total480[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesGivat Nili[5]

Umm al-Shawf or Umm ash Shauf (Arabic: أُم الشوف, Umm esh Shauf) was a Palestinian Arab village located 29.5 km south of Haifa, on the sloping section of Wadi al-Marah. It was depopulated as a result of a military assault between May 12–14, just before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 154
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #157. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 199