Ge'alya
| Ge'alya גְּאַלְיָה | |
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  Ge'alya | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′5.63″N 34°45′57.96″E / 31.8848972°N 34.7661000°ECoordinates: 31°53′5.63″N 34°45′57.96″E / 31.8848972°N 34.7661000°E | |
| Council | Gan Raveh |
| Region | Coastal plain |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founded by | Bulgarian immigrants |
| Website | www.gealya.co.il |
Ge'alya, sometimes written Galia (Hebrew: גְּאַלְיָה), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 1,200.
The moshav was founded in 1948 by new immigrants from Bulgaria, on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Qubayba, which was depopulated in 1948.[1]
It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where Iron Age artefacts have been found.[2] Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh.[3] Eltekeh appeared in Sennacherib's Annals as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the Bible as a Levitical city within the first Dan tribal area (Joshua 19:44 and Joshua 21:23).[3][4]
References
- ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 408
- ↑ Yavne, Survey Map Israel Antiquities Authority
- 1 2 W. R. Gallagher (1999). Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah. Leifen: Brill. pp. 123–124.
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.163-164, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
Bibliography
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
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