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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 15, 1948
Distance from district center	20.5 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	325 (meters)
Map location	See location number #18 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly Operation Bi'ur Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade's Fourth Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Umm al-Zinat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 18,684 Jewish 51 Public 3,421 Total 22,156
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,742 0 Area planted w/ olives 1,834 0 Planted W/ Cereal 9,879 41 Built up 69 0 Cultivable 11,621 41 Non-Cultivable 10,415 10
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 350 1922 787 1931 1,029 1945 1,470 1948 1,705 Est. Refugees 1998 10,472
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 209 1948 346
Schools	Umm al-Zinat had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888.
Archeological sites	Umm al-Zinat contained the foundations of buildings, rock-cut tombs, and, in the eastern part of the village, a stone sarcophagus. Also Khirbat al-Harami contained some ruins.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Elyaqim
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The houses have been reduced to rubble, piles of which are scattered over the site. The village's cemetery is still visible."

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
حكم بشر	بشر	المانيا
محمد شريف نجاد يوسف	Shake Yusuf	Ontario, Canada
ياسمين الشيخ يوسف	Shake Yusuf	حيفا, Israel
Dr.Mallah	mallah	-, Irbid
خالد بشر	بشر	-
bushra	-	jordan, jordan
naser abood	-	jinin and irbed, palestine and jordan
naser abood	abu khalil	irbed, jordan
amjad alshikh yousef	al_shikh yousef	al_rosifa, jordan
إبراهيم علي	الفحماوي	الزرقاء, الاردن
إياد محمود بشر	بشر	-
آل دبور	دبور	-
CAPTAIN FERAS ALHARDAN	ALHARDAN	AQABA, AQABA
zeenati1960	HASSAN	AQABA
حسن	حسان	amman, jordan
ابو اسامه الفحماوي	-	-
Mamoun	-	Dubai
moon_light	صبح	nablus
abdelrahman ahmad hasan khalil fahmawi	-	-
fahmawi	-	ISRAEAL, ISRAEAL
jamal Hardan	-	Germany
Captain Naser	Sheikh-Yousef	Jordan, Jordan
Raed Sheikh-Yousef	Sheikh-Yousef	-
Haytham Sheikh-Yousef	Sheikh-Yousef	N.J, N.J
maan sheikh-yousef	sheikh-yousef	n.j, u.s.a.
maan	fahmawi	Amman, jordan
سامر دبور	-	-
Rami	Bisher	Amman, Jordan
yousef	alsshaikh yousef	alriyad, ksa
omar soboh	soboh	Nablus, Nablus
mohammad dapour	dapour	irbid, jordan
Ahmad alsheikh yousef	alsheikh yousef	new jersey, united states
Mohammad Ahmad Hardan	Hardan	Germany, Germany
Waleed Sheikh Yousef	Sheikh Yousef	PA, United States
bassam hassan	hassan	amman, jordan
Mohammad	-	Amman , Jordan
hani younis	-	amman, Jordan
Abdallah Al Sheikh Yousef	-	-
alzeenati	hardan	nablus, palestine
LUAI AL-SHEIKH YOUSEF	al-sheikh yousef	JORDAN, JORDAN
MOHAMED ALI EL-KUM	EL-KUM	ALICANTE, SPAIN
Mohammed Imad Yousef Hassan	Hassan	Capital, Jordan
ZUHAIR AL-HARDAN	-	-
Abufaheem	Al - Hardan	Hamburg, Germany
Jamal Ghjazi Talib mouhammad husein Mousa	umm Alzeinat	UAE, 00971-50-5763707
howaidi	besher	neunkerchin, germany
Fadi / Howaidi	besher	neunkerchin, germany
ibrahim	Fahmawi	zarka aria, jordan
Fahmawi	-	Victoria, Australia
Saleem Fahmawi	Fahmawi	New York, 10017, USA
haitham dabour	dabour	zarka, jordan

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