Umm al-Qutuf
human settlement in Israel
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 2024 it had a population of 1,259.
History
Pottery remains from the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras have been found here, as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2777414. VIAF identifies the subject as 107146462717627772425. Authority coordinates are 32.467, 35.067. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024, 1882 and 1922.
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