Masad, Israel

Masad (Hebrew: מַסָּד) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located to the west of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 376.[1]

Masad

מסד
Masad
Coordinates: 32°50′38″N 35°25′22″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilLower Galilee
AffiliationHaMerkaz HaHakla'i
Founded1983
Population
 (2018)[1]
376
Websitewww.massad.org.il

History

The village was founded as Har Kotz in 1983.

Plans to build a quarry on Mount Kotz were rejected by the National Planning and Construction Council in 2008 after protests staged by the residents of Masad and the nearby Arab village of Eilabun.[2]

Nature reserve

Masad is surrounded by the Har Kotz Nature Reserve. Among the trees found there are carob, mastic, Valonia oak, Christ's Thorn, Palestine oak, and Jerusalem thorn. The nature reserve derives its name from Mount Qotz (292 m), named for a priestly family that migrated to the Galilee from Jerusalem after the destruction of the Second Temple.[3]

See also
  • Nature reserves in Israel

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. News in brief, Haaretz
  3. Hareuveni, Imanuel (1985). קום התהלך בארץ: מדריך שמורות טבע בישראל [Nature Reserves in Israel] (in Hebrew) (2nd ed.). Israel: Israel Ministry of Defense. p. 155. ISBN 965-05-0193-2. שם השמורה – לפי שם ההר. שמו – לפי שמה של משמרת הכוהנים, אשר עברה מירושלים לגליל אחרי חורבן הבית השני." "במפנה הדר' גדלה חברת חרוב-מצוי ואלת-המסטיק. במפנה הצפ', בחלקו העליון, גדלה חברת אלון-מצוי, ובמורד, על קו הרכס – חברת אלון-התבור עם עצי שיזף-מצוי. על גבול השמורה גדלים עצי שמיר-קוצני (עץ נדיר בחורש הים-תיכוני).
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