Umm ash Shauf

Umm al-Shawf أُم الشوف Umm al Shauf
Village
Etymology: The place with the harrow[1]
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Umm al-Shawf Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′12″N 35°02′55″E / 32.55333°N 35.04861°E / 32.55333; 35.04861
Palestine grid	154/217
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	May 12–14, 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	7,426 dunams (7.426 km2 or 2.867 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	480[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Givat Nili[5]

Umm al-Shawf or Umm ash Shauf (Arabic: أُم الشوف, Umm esh 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.