Ein Carmel
| Ein Carmel | |
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  Ein Carmel | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′33.23″N 34°57′11.87″E / 32.6758972°N 34.9532972°ECoordinates: 32°40′33.23″N 34°57′11.87″E / 32.6758972°N 34.9532972°E | |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Hof HaCarmel |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Former residents of Ein HaYam and Ramat Rachel |
| Population (2015)[1] | 894 |
| Website | ein-carmel.org.il |
Ein Carmel (Hebrew: עֵין כַּרְמֶל, lit. Carmel Spring) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 894.
History
The kibbutz was established in 1950 by former residents of Ein HaYam and Ramat Rachel.[2] It is located one kilometre west of the former Arab village of al-Mazar, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and some of the houses of Ein Carmel are land that had belonged to the village.[3]
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ History Ein Carmel
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 178. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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