Umm al-Faraj
Umm al-Faraj
أُم الفرج Um el-Faraj, La Fierge | |
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Former village | |
| Etymology: The ruin with the gap, or chink | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Umm al-Faraj (click the buttons) | |
Umm al-Faraj Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°00′18″N 35°07′16″E / 33.00500°N 35.12111°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/267 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 21 May 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 825 dunams (82.5 ha; 204 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 800 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ben Ami |
Umm al-Faraj (Arabic: أم الفرج, known to the Crusaders as La Fierge), was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948.