Umm az Zinat or Umm al-Zinat was a Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 Arab

Arab

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 village in the District of Haifa

District of Haifa

The District of Haifa was an administrative district of the British Mandate of Palestine that covered the northern Mediterranean coast of regional Palestine, southwestern Galilee, and the Wadi Ara region. It was disintegrated after the British withdrawal from the area. Prior to and during the 1948...

. It was depopulated during the 1948 War

1948 War

The term 1948 War can refer to any of the following events:* 1948 Palestine war with :** its civil war period : the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine** the regular war between Israel and neighbouring Arab states : the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...

 on May 15, 1948 by Golani Brigade's Fourth Battalion. It was located 20.5 km southeast of Haifa

Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

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At the time of the 1931 census

1931 census of Palestine

The 1931 census of Palestine was the second census carried out by the authorities of the British Mandate of Palestine. It was carried out on 18 November 1931 under the direction of Major E. Mills. The first census had been conducted in 1922...

, Umm az Zinat had 209 occupied houses and a population of 1020 Muslims and 9 Christians.

In 1945, the village had a population of 1,470. Umm al-Zinat had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888.

External links

• Welcome To Umm al-Zinat
• Umm al-Zinat from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
  Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
  Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center is an organization established in 1996. It is located at 4 Raja Street, Ramallah in the West Bank. The traditional manor that houses the centre was the former family home of Khalil Salem Salah, the mayor of Ramallah between 1947/1951, is now owned by the Palestinian...
  
  
• Um Al-Zinat, from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
• Umm Zinat], from Zochrot
  Zochrot
  Zochrot is an Israeli-Jewish non-profit organization founded in 2002. Based in Tel Aviv, its aim is to promote awareness of the Palestinian Nakba , the 1948 Palestinian exodus. The group's director is Eitan Bronstein...
  
  
• Sixth Procession of Return by ADRID in Umm a-Zinat, 2003
• Ninth Procession of Return to Um a-Zinat, 2006