Arab village in northern Israel
Place in Haifa, Israel
Umm al-Qutuf (Arabic:أمّ القـُطـُف;Hebrew:אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is anArab village in northern Israel. Located inthe triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction ofMenashe Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,237.[2]
Pottery remains from theHellenistic,[3]Roman,[3][4] andByzantine eras have been found here,[3][4][5] as have pottery remains from the earlyMuslim and the Middle Ages.[3]
In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) found atKh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."[6]
British Mandate era
[edit]In the1922 census of Palestine, conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities,Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.[7]
A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) andBarta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left isQazir- ^Palmer, 1881, p.150
- ^ab"Regional Statistics".Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved11 August 2025.
- ^abcdZertal, 2016, p.163
- ^abHaddad, 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
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