Yesud HaMa'ala

Yesud HaMa'ala
  • יְסוּד הַמַּעֲלָה
  • يسود حمالاه
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Ysud ha Maˁla
Yesud HaMa'ala is located in Northeast Israel
Yesud HaMa'ala
Yesud HaMa'ala
Yesud HaMa'ala is located in Israel
Yesud HaMa'ala
Yesud HaMa'ala
Coordinates: 33°3′22″N 35°36′15″E / 33.05611°N 35.60417°E / 33.05611; 35.60417
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
Founded1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Founded byYa'akov Chai Abo
Area
 • Total11,587 dunams (11.587 km2 or 4.474 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total1,798
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)

Yesud HaMa'ala (Hebrew: יְסוּד הַמַּעֲלָה) is a moshava and local council in northern Israel. The moshava was the first modern Jewish community in the Hula Valley. Built in 1883, the community was among a series of agricultural settlements founded during the First Aliyah.[2] In 2022 it had a population of 1,798.

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Dubrovin Jewish Agency