Gewa

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Gewa
Basic data
hebrew : גֶּבַע
State : IsraelIsrael Israel
District : North
Founded : December 17, 1921
Coordinates : 32 ° 34 '  N , 35 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 33 '59 "  N , 35 ° 22' 18"  E
Height : 13  m
 
Residents : 628 (as of 2018)
 
Community code : 0086
Time zone : UTC + 2
 
Website :
Gewa (Israel)
Gewa
Gewa

Gewa ( Hebrew גֶּבַע Gevaʿ ), also Geva, is a kibbutz in northwest Israel located between Afula and Bet She'an in the Jezreel plain . It was founded on December 17, 1921 by Russian and Polish immigrants.

In 1995 the kibbutz had 547 inhabitants, in 2018 there were 628 inhabitants. It is located at a height of 15 meters above sea level.

The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture (almonds, citrus fruits, cattle farming, fish farming) and mechanical engineering (pneumatic plant construction). Tourism hardly plays a role.

Web links

Commons : Gewa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  2. Mordecai Naor: Eretz Israel. Könemann, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-89508-594-4 , p. 114.
  3. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .