Kalanit

Kalanit

Kalanit synagogue
Kalanit
Coordinates: 32°52′26.21″N 35°27′18.33″E / 32.8739472°N 35.4550917°E / 32.8739472; 35.4550917Coordinates: 32°52′26.21″N 35°27′18.33″E / 32.8739472°N 35.4550917°E / 32.8739472; 35.4550917
District Northern
Council Merom HaGalil
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded 1982
Population (2015)[1] 195

Kalanit (Hebrew: כַּלָּנִית) is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located between Tiberias and Karmiel, next to Maghar, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 195.

History

The village was established in 1982 as a moshav by the Hapoel HaMizrachi organization with the goal that it would be populated by the children of the families living in the area, and so with time the moshav became a communal settlement.

References

  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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