Amikam

Amikam
עַמִּיקָם‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
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Amikam is located in Haifa region of Israel
Amikam
Amikam
Amikam is located in Israel
Amikam
Amikam
Coordinates: 32°33′49″N 35°1′15″E / 32.56361°N 35.02083°E / 32.56361; 35.02083
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
CouncilAlona
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1950
Founded byImmigrants from China
Population
 (2022)[1]
741

Amikam (Hebrew: עַמִּיקָם) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In 2022, it had a population of 741.[1] West of the moshav is the Alona Park with the archaeological site Mey Kedem near the coastal city of Caesarea.[2]

History

The moshav was established in 1950 by Jewish refugees from Harbin, Manchuria and Shanghai, China, who had fled the Chinese Civil War.[2] The land had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Sabbarin.[3]

The founders were later joined by Jews from the Cyprus concentration camps, and followed by Yemenite Jews. In 1956, a group of Polish Jewish immigrants settled on the moshav. Some of the families engage in fruit farming, raising peaches, plums, nectarines and loquats.

Children attend the local Tali Alona elementary school.[4]

Agriculture

A rare variety of peach was grown on Moshav Amikam and named for the moshav. Pits from this variety were found on Masada. Now the one remaining tree is in Kfar Kara.[5]

Notable residents

  • Yoav Gallant (born 1958), Israeli Minister of Defense and former army general

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. pp. 426–427. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 187. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ^ "Alona region". Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  5. ^ Shapira, Ran (November 30, 2011). "What peach did they dare to eat at Masada?". Haaretz. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
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  1. ^ Cohen, Yoni (April 22, 2012). "Weekend Walk: Moshav Amikam". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 23, 2019.