Umm al-Qutuf

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 2019 it had a population of 1,117.[1]

Umm al-Qutuf אֻם אל-קֻטוּף, אום אל-קוטוף‎ أمّ القـُطـُف
Umm al-Qutuf Umm al-Qutuf
Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°04′E
Grid position	155/208 PAL
Country	Israel
District	Haifa
Council	Menashe
Population  (2019)[1]	1,117
Name meaning	"The ruin with the St. John's-worts"[2]

History

Pottery 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

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."[6]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.[7]

A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) and Barta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left is Qazir

See also

• Arab localities in Israel

References

1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
2. Palmer, 1881, p. 150
3. Zertal, 2016, p. 163
4. Haddad, 2012, Umm el-Qutuf
5. Dauphin, 19918, p. 750
6. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 64
7. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30

Bibliography

• 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. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
• Haddad, Elie (2012-03-22). "Umm el-Qutuf" (124). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• 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. 3. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9004312307.

External links

• Welcome To Umm al-Qutaf
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons