Coordinates: 32°32′49″N 35°2′28″E / 32.54694°N 35.04111°E / 32.54694; 35.04111

Givat Nili

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Givat Nili
Givat Nili is located in Haifa region of Israel
Givat Nili
Givat Nili
Coordinates: 32°32′49″N 35°2′28″E / 32.54694°N 35.04111°E / 32.54694; 35.04111
CountryIsrael
DistrictHaifa
CouncilAlona Regional Council
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1953
Founded byIraq, Turkish and Tunisian immigrants
Population
 (2022)[1]
704

Givat Nili (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת נִילִ"י, lit. Nili Hill) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov and Wadi Ara, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 704.[1]

History

The moshav was established in 1953 by Jewish immigrants from Iraq, Turkey and Tunisia on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm ash Shauf.[2][3] It was named after the Nili underground organisation.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Homes: Written in Stone, Jerusalem Post
  3. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 199. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.