Umm az-Zinat
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Umm az-Zinat (Arabic: أُم الزينات, Umm ez Zînât) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 15, 1948, by Golani Brigade's Fourth Battalion. It was located 20.5 km southeast of Haifa.
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Umm az Zinat
أُم الزينات | |
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Etymology: the place of ornamentation or of festivals[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°38′53″N 35°03′55″E | |
Palestine grid | 156/228 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | May 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 22,156 dunams (22.156 km2 or 8.554 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,470[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Current Localities | Eliakim[5][6] |
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