Ein HaEmek
עֵין הָעֵמֶק | |
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 Ein HaEmek in 1946 | |
  Ein HaEmek  Ein HaEmek | |
| Coordinates: 32°37′47″N 35°5′3″E / 32.62972°N 35.08417°ECoordinates: 32°37′47″N 35°5′3″E / 32.62972°N 35.08417°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Megiddo |
| Founded | 1944 |
| Founded by | Kurdish Jews |
| Population (2019)[1] | 803 |
| Website | enhaemeq |
Ein HaEmek (Hebrew: עֵין הָעֵמֶק, lit. Eye of the Valley) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. As of 2019 it had a population of 803.[1]
History
The village was established as a moshav in 1944 by a group of 30 immigrant families from Kurdistan, and was initially named Kedem after the organisation which helped the founders make aliyah.[citation needed]
After the Palestinian village of al-Rihaniyya was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war, Ein HaEmek and Ramat HaShofet have used its lands.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 185. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.