Malkia
| 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 | |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Region | Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | March 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Website | www.malkiya.co.il |
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 2006 it had a population of 329.
Independence War Memorial in Kibbutz Malkia
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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