Aviel
| Aviel | |
|---|---|
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  Aviel | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′56.53″N 34°59′29.62″E / 32.5323694°N 34.9915611°ECoordinates: 32°31′56.53″N 34°59′29.62″E / 32.5323694°N 34.9915611°E | |
| District | Haifa |
| Council | Alona |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Former Irgun members |
| Population (2015)[1] | 817 |
Aviel (Hebrew: אֲבִיאֵל) is a small and pastoral moshav in northern Israel. It is located south of Haifa within Alona Regional Council and next to Binyamina-Giv'at Ada. It had a population of 817 in 2015.
History
The moshav was established by the Herut party in 1949 and was named after Israel "Aviel" Epstein, an Irgun messenger to Rome, who was killed in Italy on 28 December 1946. Its original name was Yad HaYod-Daled, after the fourteen Irgun members who died fighting the British.[2]
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 13. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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