Malkia
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  Malkia | |
| Coordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°ECoordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | March 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Population (2015)[1] | 442 |
| Website | www.malkiya.co.il |
Independence War Memorial in Kibbutz Malkia
Malkia (Hebrew: 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 2015 it had a population of 442.
History
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[2] from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4) settling here, on whose lands it was established.
It is located on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian villages of Qadas[3] and al-Malkiyya.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 485. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 471. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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