Umm ash Shauf
Umm al-Shawf or Umm ash Shauf was a Palestinian Arab village located 29.5 km south of Haifa, on the sloping section of Wadi al-Marah. It was depopulated as a result of a military assault between May 12–14, just before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Ruins
- Description: village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
- Inscription: “שרידי הכפר אום א שוף שקדם למושב גבעת ניל’י. התושבים ברחו במסגרת הכרזת העצמאות”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sabbarin and Givat Ha’rakafot.
Sabbarin
Ruins
Subbarin was a Palestinian Arab village located 28 kilometers south of Haifa. It was depopulated and destroyed during the 1948 Palestine war as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and the Nakba. Sabbarin is situated 3 km northwest of Umm ash Shauf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Givat Nili and Gal’ed.
Givat Nili
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Givat Nili is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov and Wadi Ara, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 639.
Gal’ed
Village
Photo: Peleg, Public domain.
Gal'ed is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights with an area of 14,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 590. Gal’ed is situated 2½ km east of Umm ash Shauf.
Amikam
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amikam is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. Amikam is situated 3 km northwest of Umm ash Shauf.
Umm ash Shauf
- Categories: human settlement, depopulated Palestinian village, village, former settlement, and historic site
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.55299° or 32° 33′ 11″ northLongitude
35.0483° or 35° 2′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G4QH23X+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 8566336885OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7881674
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Umm ash Shauf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم الشوف، حيفا”
- Arabic: “أم الشوف”
- French: “Oumm al-Shouf”
- French: “Umm al-Shawf”
- French: “Umm al-Shouf”
- French: “Umm Ash Shauf”
- Hebrew: “אום א שוף”
- Hebrew: “אום א-שוף”
- Hebrew: “אום אל-שוף”
- Hebrew: “אם אלשוף”
- Indonesian: “Umm ash Shauf”
- Urdu: “ام الشوف”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ein Nili and Synagogue.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Umm ash Shauf”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.