Middle East
Israel
Haifa District

Umm al-Fahm

Umm al-Fahm is a city located 20 kilometres northwest of in the of . In 2023 its population was 59,319, nearly all of whom are Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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  • Type: Town with 56,100 residents
  • Description: Arab-populated city in Israel
  • Also known as: “El Fahm”, “Om al Fahm”, “Om el Fahm”, “Um al Fahm”, “Um el Fahm”, “Umm al Fahem”, “Umm al Fahm”, “Umm el Faham”, “Umm el Fahem”, and “Umm el Fahm”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ar’ara and ’Anin.

Village
Photo: Rickjpelleg, CC BY 2.5.
Ar'ara is an Arab town in the Wadi Ara region in northern . It is located southwest of Umm al-Fahm just northwest of the Green Line, and is part of the Triangle. In 2023, the population was 20,443. is situated 6 km west of Umm al-Fahm.

Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
'Anin is a Palestinian village in the governorate of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,216 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
Al-Tayba is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 18 km northwest of the city of in the northern , and 2 km east of Umm el-Fahm in .

Umm al-Fahm

Latitude
32.5158° or 32° 30′ 57″ north
Longitude
35.1525° or 35° 9′ 9″ east
Population
56,100
Elevation
398 metres (1,306 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL UMM
Open location code
8G4QG582+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477604
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293286
Wiki­data ID
Q168245
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Umm al-Fahm” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أُمَّ ٱلْفَحْم”
  • Arabic: “أم الفحم”
  • Arabic: “ٱلْفَحْم”
  • Arabic: “الفحم”
  • Arabic: “ام الفحم”
  • Arabic: “بِأُمِّ ٱلْنُّور”
  • Arabic: “بأم النور”
  • Asturian: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Catalan: “Umm al-Fahem”
  • Catalan: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Catalan: “Umm el-Fahem”
  • Cebuano: “Umm el Faḥm”
  • Chinese: “乌姆费赫姆”
  • Chinese: “烏姆費赫姆”
  • Czech: “Umm al-Fachm”
  • Czech: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Czech: “Umm el-Fahem”
  • Dutch: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “أم الفحم”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ام الفحم”
  • Esperanto: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Finnish: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • French: “Um el Fahm”
  • French: “Umm al Fahm”
  • French: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • German: “Um Al-Fahm”
  • German: “Umm Al-Fachm”
  • German: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Greek: “Ουμ αλ-Φαχμ”
  • Hebrew: “Umm el Faḥm”
  • Hebrew: “אום אל פאחם”
  • Hebrew: “אום אל פחם”
  • Hebrew: “אום אל-פאחם”
  • Hebrew: “אום אל-פחם”
  • Hebrew: “אום אלפחם”
  • Hebrew: “אום-אל-פחם”
  • Hebrew: “אם אל פחם”
  • Hebrew: “עין איברהים”
  • Hindi: “उम्म अल फहम”
  • Hindi: “उम्म अल-फहम”
  • Indonesian: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Irish: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Italian: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Japanese: “ウム・アル・ファハム”
  • Japanese: “ウム・アル＝ファハム”
  • Japanese: “ウム・エル＝ファフム”
  • Japanese: “ウンム・アル・ファーム”
  • Mongolian: “Умм-аль-Фахм”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Persian: “ام افحم”
  • Persian: “ام‌الفحم”
  • Polish: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Portuguese: “Um-el-fahim”
  • Portuguese: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Russian: “Ум Эль-Фахм”
  • Russian: “Ум-эль-Фахм”
  • Russian: “Умм Эль-Фахм”
  • Russian: “Умм-ал-Фахм”
  • Russian: “Умм-аль-Фахм”
  • Russian: “Умм-эль-Фахм”
  • Scots: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Scots: “أمّ الفحم”
  • Serbian: “Um el Fam”
  • Serbian: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Serbian: “Ум ел Фам”
  • Serbian: “אום אל-פאחם”
  • Spanish: “Umm al Fahm”
  • Spanish: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Swahili: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Swedish: “Umm el Faḥm”
  • Tagalog: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Turkish: “Umm el-Fahm”
  • Turkish: “Ümmü’l-Fehm”
  • Ukrainian: “Умм-аль-Фахм”
  • Ukrainian: “Умм-ель-Фахм”
  • Urdu: “ام الفحم”
  • Vietnamese: “Umm al-Fahm”
  • Yiddish: “אום אל-פחם”
  • Yiddish: “אום על פאכעם”

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