Malkia
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| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Region | Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | March 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Website | www.malkiya.co.il |
Malkia (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />מַלְכִּיָּה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 329.
The village was established in March 1949 by six former Palmach soldiers who had been demobilised at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was named after the depopulated Arab village of al-Malkiyya and after the biblical village of Malkia, which was named after a priestly family[1] from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4) settling here, on whose lands it was established.
See also
References
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.310, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
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