Umm al-Faraj

Umm al-Faraj
أُم الفرج
Um el-Faraj, La Fierge
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 / 33.00500; 35.12111
Palestine grid162/267
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation21 May 1948
Area
 • Total
825 dunams (82.5 ha or 204 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
800
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesBen Ami

Umm al-Faraj (Arabic: أم الفرج, known to the Crusaders as La Fierge), was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948.

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