Givat Nili

Givat Nili
Givat Nili
Coordinates: 32°32′48.84″N 35°2′27.96″E / 32.5469000°N 35.0411000°E / 32.5469000; 35.0411000Coordinates: 32°32′48.84″N 35°2′27.96″E / 32.5469000°N 35.0411000°E / 32.5469000; 35.0411000
District Haifa
Council Alona Regional Council
Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar
Founded 1953
Founded by Iraq, Turkish and Tunisian immigrants
Population (2017)[1] 760

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 2017 it had a population of 760.[1]

History

The moshav was established in 1953 by immigrants from Iraq, Turkey and Tunisia. It was named after the Nili underground organisation.[2]

Givat Nili was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village named Umm ash Shauf.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 99. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  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.
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