Umm al-Qutuf ( ar, أمّ القـُطـُف; he, אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is an

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village in northern Israel. Located in the triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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. In it had a population of .

History

Pottery remains from the

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eras have been found here, as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.

Ottoman era

In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) found at ''Kh. Umm el Kutuf'' only "ruined walls."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf'' had a population of 11 Muslims.Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p
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