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Umm al Qutuf

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District
  
Haifa

Population (2015)
  
1,037

Council
  
Menashe

Local time
  
Friday 7:45 AM

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Name meaning
  
"The ruin with the St. John's-worts"

Weather
  
14°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 89% Humidity

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 2015 it had a population of 1,037.

Contents

Map of Umm al-Qutuf, Israel

History

Pottery fragments from the Roman and Byzantine era have been found here.

In 1882, during the late Ottoman era, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."

References

Umm al-Qutuf Wikipedia