Rosh Pina
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| hebrew : | ראש פינה | ||
| arabic : | عكا | ||
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| District : | North | ||
| Founded : | 1882 | ||
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 57 ' N , 35 ° 32' E | ||
| Height : | 308 m | ||
| Area : | 17.569 km² | ||
| Residents : | 3120 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 178 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 0026 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | Local association | ||
| Mayor : | Avihud Rasky | ||
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Rosh Pina ( Hebrew רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה Rosh Pinnah , German 'head of the corner' , Plene :ראש פינהalso written “Rosh Pina”) is a town in the Upper Galilee ; it belongs to the northern district of Israel . The city was in 1882 of 30 immigrant families from the Romanian city of Moineşti founded . Rosh Pina means "corner stone" and is quoted from a psalm verse ( Ps 118,22 EU ), which is at the bottom of the coat of arms (see picture on the right).
history
Rosh Pina was one of the first modern Jewish settlements in Palestine , which was then part of the Ottoman Empire . The settlement, which Samuel Pineles helped to prepare, was the first Jewish settlement under the patronage of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild in 1883 . Today the place is an Israeli local association .
Demographics
In 2018 Rosh Pina had 3,120 inhabitants, mostly Jews . In 1948, the year Israel was founded and the outbreak of the Palestinian War , the town had 346 inhabitants.
geography
Rosh Pina is located north of the Sea of Galilee , about 2 km southeast of the city of Safed at an altitude of 420 meters above mean sea level . North of Rosh Pina lies the Hule Plain with the remains of Lake Hule, which is actually a swamp area that was drained in the 1950s .
traffic
The airfield Mahanaim / Airport Rosh Pina is located 2.1 km away from Rosh Pina. The airfield is only important for national air traffic.
Personalities
- Ami Assaf (1903–1963), politician
- Arna Mer-Chamis (1929–1995), human rights activist
- Meir Dagan (1945–2016), General and Mossad Director
See also
Web links
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 .