Arabic اُم كلخة Palestine grid 137/135 Local time Friday 7:35 AM Date of depopulation 7 April 1948 | ||
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Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian Arab 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.
History
According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Umm Kalkha had 24 inhabitants, in 6 houses.
In 1945, it had a population of 60 Muslims.
References
Umm Kalkha Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA