Umm 'Ajra

Umm 'Ajra

أم عجرة
Umm 'Ajra أم عجرة
Village
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Umm 'Ajra (click the buttons)
	Umm 'Ajra Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°27′56″N 35°31′21″E / 32.46556°N 35.52250°E
Palestine grid	198/207
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 31, 1948
Area
• Total	6,443 dunams (6.443 km2 or 2.488 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	260
Current Localities	Shif’a

Umm 'Ajra (Arabic: أم عجرة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 31, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 4 km south of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm 'Ajra provided the village with water.

^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 7
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 44
^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi64 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Umm 'Ajra أم عجرة
Village
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Umm 'Ajra (click the buttons)
Umm 'Ajra Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°27′56″N 35°31′21″E / 32.46556°N 35.52250°E / 32.46556; 35.52250
Palestine grid	198/207
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 31, 1948
Area ^[2]
• Total	6,443 dunams (6.443 km² or 2.488 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	260^[1]^[2]
Current Localities	Shif’a^[3]