Umm Kalkha
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| Umm Kalkha | |
 Umm Kalkha
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Ramla |
| Coordinates | 31°48′50.55″N 34°51′56.65″E / 31.8140417°N 34.8657361°ECoordinates: 31°48′50.55″N 34°51′56.65″E / 31.8140417°N 34.8657361°E |
| Population | 60 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | April 7, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | |
| Current localities | Yesodot[1][2] |
Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948 under Operation Nachshon. It was located 12.5 km south of Ramla, situated on the northern banks of Wadi al-Sarar.
In 1945 it had a population of 60.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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