Mitzpe Ilan

Mitzpe Ilan מצפה אילן
Mitzpe Ilan
Coordinates: 32°27′40″N 35°04′09″E / 32.46111°N 35.06917°E / 32.46111; 35.06917Coordinates: 32°27′40″N 35°04′09″E / 32.46111°N 35.06917°E / 32.46111; 35.06917
District	Haifa
Council	Menashe
Founded	2003
Population	295

Mitzpe Ilan (Hebrew: מצפה אילן‎) is a religious community settlement in northern Israel. Located south-west of Umm al-Fahm and close to the Green Line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 295.^[1]

History

The village was established in 2003 as a Nahal settlement, before being settled by 44 families in 2005, at which point it was named Mitzpe Ilan after the Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.

References

↑ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011.

Menashe Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Barkai Ein Shemer Gan Shmuel Kfar Glikson Lahavot Haviva Magal Ma'anit Metzer Mishmarot Regavim

Moshavim	Ein Iron Gan HaShomron Kfar Pines Maor Mei Ami Sde Yitzhak Talmei Elazar

Community settlement	Mitzpe Ilan

Arab villages	al-Arian Meiser Umm al-Qutuf

Jewish locality	Katzir

Youth village	Alonei Yitzhak

Residential treatment center	Sha'ar Menashe

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