Jifʿat
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| hebrew : | יִפְעַת | ||
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| District : | North | ||
| Founded : | 1954 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 41 ' N , 35 ° 13' E | ||
| Height : | 128 m | ||
| Residents : | 1152 (as of: 2018) | ||
| Community code : | 0134 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Jif'at ( Hebrew יִפְעַת) is a kibbutz in the Jezreel plain in Galilee , Israel . It is located below the city of Migdal haEmek , not far from the cities of Afula and Nazareth and had 1152 inhabitants in 2018. Jif'at belongs to the regional council of the Jezreel plain .
The name Jif'at was derived from the nearby biblical place Jefi'a (יפיע) (Joshua 19:12), from which the name of the Lower Galilean Arab city Yafat an-Nasira ( Arabic يافة الناصرة/ Hebrew יפיע) indicates.
Kibbutz Jif'at was founded in 1954 by the Sharon group (קבוצת השרון), whose seat was the kibbutz Ramat David .
Nowadays, Jif'at's economy is based on light industry , agriculture , greenhouses , nurseries, cattle, sheep and chicken breeding, and some hotel business .
In addition to the six-class school "West Valley" ("בית ספר שש-שנתי," העמק המערבי) and a facility dedicated to the performing arts , a museum dedicated to the early pioneers is located within the kibbutz .
Jif'at is home to a Hebrew ulpan for immigrants and for those considering immigrating . Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers from many countries have worked in this kibbutz . Jif'at was one of the few kibbutzim that accepted volunteers from Germany.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .