Umm al-Faraj
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Umm al-Faraj (Arabic: أم الفرج, known to the Crusaders as La Fierge), was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948.
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Umm al-Faraj
أُم الفرج Um el-Faraj, La Fierge | |
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Etymology: The ruin with the gap, or chink[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°00′18″N 35°07′16″E | |
Palestine grid | 162/267 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Acre |
Date of depopulation | 21 May 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 825 dunams (82.5 ha or 204 acres) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 800[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Ben Ami[5] |
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