Ilaniya

Ilaniya
אִילָנִיָּה
Ilaniya is located in Northeast Israel
Ilaniya
Ilaniya
Coordinates: 32°45′30″N 35°24′7″E / 32.75833°N 35.40194°E / 32.75833; 35.40194
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilLower Galilee
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Founded byJewish Colonization Association
Population
 (2022)[1]
476

Ilaniya (Hebrew: אִילָנִיָּה) is a moshav in northern Israel. Also known as Sejera, after the adjacent Arab village al-Shajara, it was the first Jewish settlement in the Lower Galilee and played an important role in the Jewish settlement of the Galilee from its early years until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council, and had a population of 476 in 2022.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.