Umm ash Shauf
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.
Umm al-Shawf
أُم الشوف Umm al Shauf | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: The place with the harrow | |
1870s map
1940s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Umm ash Shauf (click the buttons) | |
Umm al-Shawf Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°33′12″N 35°02′55″E | |
| Palestine grid | 154/217 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | May 12–14, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,426 dunams (7.426 km2 or 2.867 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 480 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Givat Nili |
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