Masad, Israel
| Masad מסד | |
|---|---|
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  Masad | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′38″N 35°25′22″E / 32.84389°N 35.42278°ECoordinates: 32°50′38″N 35°25′22″E / 32.84389°N 35.42278°E | |
| Council | Lower Galilee Regional Council |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Population | 352 |
| Website | Official website (Hebrew) |
Masad (Hebrew: מַסָּד) is an Israeli communal settlement in the Lower Galilee Regional Council.
The village was founded as Har Kotz in 1982.
Plans to build a quarry on Kotz Mountain were rejected by the National Planning and Construction Council in 2008 after protests staged by the residents of Massad and nearby Arab village of Eilabun.[1]
Masad is surrounded by the Har Kotz Nature Reserve. Among the trees found there are carob, mastic, Valonia oak, Christ's Thorn, Palestine oak, and Jerusalem thorn. The nature reserve derives its name from Mount Qotz (292 m), named for a priestly family that migrated to the Galilee from Jerusalem after the destruction of the Second Temple.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ News in brief, Haaretz
- ↑ Hareuveni, Imanuel (1985). קום התהלך בארץ: מדריך שמורות טבע בישראל [Nature Reserves in Israel] (in Hebrew) (2nd ed.). Israel: Israel Ministry of Defense. p. 155. ISBN 965-05-0193-2.
שם השמורה – לפי שם ההר. שמו – לפי שמה של משמרת הכוהנים, אשר עברה מירושלים לגליל אחרי חורבן הבית השני." "במפנה הדר' גדלה חברת חרוב-מצוי ואלת-המסטיק. במפנה הצפ', בחלקו העליון, גדלה חברת אלון-מצוי, ובמורד, על קו הרכס – חברת אלון-התבור עם עצי שיזף-מצוי. על גבול השמורה גדלים עצי שמיר-קוצני (עץ נדיר בחורש הים-תיכוני).
External links
- Masad communal settlement in Har Qotz – The village website (Hebrew)
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