Poria – Kfar Avoda

Poria – Kfar Avoda
Poria – Kfar Avoda
Coordinates: 32°43′11.78″N 35°32′46.72″E / 32.7199389°N 35.5463111°ECoordinates: 32°43′11.78″N 35°32′46.72″E / 32.7199389°N 35.5463111°E
District	Northern
Council	Emek HaYarden
Founded	1949
Founded by	Yemenite immigrants
Population (2015)[1]	371

Poria – Kfar Avoda (Hebrew: פּוֹרִיָּה - כְּפָר עֲבוֹדָה‎, lit. Poria - Work Village) is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located to the south-east of the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 371.

History

The village was founded in 1949 by around 90 families who had immigrated from Yemen,^[2] with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
2. Poria – Kfar Avoda Galilee Development Authority (Hebrew)