Umm Kalkha

Umm Kalkha
اُم كلخة
Etymology: Khurbet Umm Kelkhah; The ruin of kelkha (a plant like fennel)
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Umm Kalkha
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°48′51″N 34°51′57″E / 31.81417°N 34.86583°E / 31.81417; 34.86583
Palestine grid137/135
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationApril 7, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
60
Current LocalitiesYesodot

Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948, during Operation Nachshon. It was located 12.5 km south of Ramla, situated on the northern banks of Wadi al-Sarar.

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