Livnim

Livnim
לִבְנִים, ליבנים
Livnim
Coordinates: 32°51′50.76″N 35°29′47.04″E / 32.8641000°N 35.4964000°E / 32.8641000; 35.4964000Coordinates: 32°51′50.76″N 35°29′47.04″E / 32.8641000°N 35.4964000°E / 32.8641000; 35.4964000
Council Merom HaGalil
Region Ginosar Valley
Founded 1982
Name meaning Birches

Livnim (Hebrew: לִבְנִים, lit. Birches) is a communal settlement in northern Israel, northwest of Lake Kinneret in the western Ginosar Valley. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.

The community was founded in 1982 by members of nearby moshavim as a workers' moshav. In 1989 it became a communal settlement. It is named after a plant that grows in the area.

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