Yir'on
| Yir'on יִרְאוֹן | |
|---|---|
  Yir'on | |
| Coordinates: 33°4′37.19″N 35°27′17.64″E / 33.0769972°N 35.4549000°ECoordinates: 33°4′37.19″N 35°27′17.64″E / 33.0769972°N 35.4549000°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 20 May 1949 |
| Population (2015)[1] | 386 |
| Website | www.yiron.org.il |
Yir'on (Hebrew: יִרְאוֹן) is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 386.
History
The village was established on 20 May 1949 by former members of the Palmach's Yiftach Brigade and graduates of the Dror-HeHalutz youth movement on the ruins of the depopulated Arab village of Saliha. Ada Feinberg-Sireni, later a member of the Knesset, was amongst the founders. It was one of a series of villages established along the Lebanese border, with the intention of reinforcing the young states's borders. It was named after a biblical village of the Naftali tribe (Joshua 19:38), situated in this area.
The kibbutz makes money from tourism, the farming of fruit, the growing of trees in a tree nursery and light industry (which included a zip factory).
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
External links
- Kibbutz website (Hebrew)