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| Umm al-Zinat District of Haifa أُم الزينات - אום א-זינאת Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 15, 1948
Distance from district center
20.5 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
325 (meters)
Map location
See location number #18 on the map
Israeli military operation
Possibly Operation Bi'ur Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade
Golani Brigade's Fourth Battalion
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisUmm al-Zinat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
18,684
Jewish
51
Public
3,421
Total
22,156
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,742
0
Area planted w/ olives
1,834
0
Planted W/ Cereal
9,879
41
Built up
69
0
Cultivable
11,621
41
Non-Cultivable
10,415
10
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
350
1922
787
1931
1,029
1945
1,470
1948
1,705
Est. Refugees 1998
10,472
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
209
1948
346
Schools
Umm al-Zinat had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888.
Archeological sites
Umm al-Zinat contained the foundations of buildings, rock-cut tombs, and, in the eastern part of the village, a stone sarcophagus. Also Khirbat al-Harami contained some ruins.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Elyaqim
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The houses have been reduced to rubble, piles of which are scattered over the site. The village's cemetery is still visible."
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