Yodfat
יוֹדְפַת | |
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  Yodfat  Yodfat | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′13″N 35°16′25″E / 32.83694°N 35.27361°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Misgav |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1200 BCE (Israelite town) 10 CE (Second Judean town) 1960 (Israeli town) |
| Founded by | Hebrew Reali School graduates |
| Population (2022)[1] | 964 |
Yodfat (Hebrew: יוֹדְפַת), is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel.[2] Located in the Lower Galilee, south of Carmiel and in the vicinity of the Atzmon mountain ridge, north of the Beit Netofa Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 964.[1]
Modern Yodfat is named after the Second Temple period town of the same name and is situated to the north of the archaeological tell.[3] Yodfat was established in 1960 by graduates of the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa.[2]
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b Yuval El'azari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Joptapata, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1978, volume 10, p. 300.