Hazon, Israel

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Hazon
חָזוֹן‬
Hazon is located in Northeast Israel
Hazon
Hazon
Coordinates: 32°54′21.96″N 35°23′37.32″E / 32.9061000°N 35.3937000°E / 32.9061000; 35.3937000Coordinates: 32°54′21.96″N 35°23′37.32″E / 32.9061000°N 35.3937000°E / 32.9061000; 35.3937000
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMerom HaGalil
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1969
Founded byMoshavniks from Galilee
Population
 (2019)[1]
306
Websitewww.mizra.org.il

Hazon (Hebrew: חָזוֹן) is a moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Located nine kilometers east of Carmiel,[2] it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 306.[1]

History[]

The village was founded in 1969 by moshavniks from the Galilee, taking its name from the slopes of , where it is located. It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mansura.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's Concise Gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 533. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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