Liman, Israel
| Liman | |
| Hebrew | לִימַן |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Council | Mateh Asher |
| Region | Western Galilee |
| District | North |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Coordinates | 33°3′32.39″N 35°6′46.44″E / 33.0589972°N 35.1129°ECoordinates: 33°3′32.39″N 35°6′46.44″E / 33.0589972°N 35.1129°E |
| Population | 500 (2005) |
 Liman
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Liman (Hebrew: לִימַן) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel, located about 5 km (3 mi) north of Nahariya. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council and the Moshavim Movement.
The community was founded in 1949 by a group of demobilized soldiers on part of the lands of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Bassa, and was originally called Tzahal.[1][2] Afterward its name was changed to Liman to honor the American senator Herbert H. Lehman. In 2005 it had a population of about 500.[3] Its area is about 2400 dunams. Most residents work in agriculture, such as plantings and chicken raising.
The Liman Nature Reserve is located about 1 km (1 mi) north of the settlement, an area of about 50 dunams on a section of the gravel ridge that was preserved.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #184, in 1949.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 9.
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 302. ISBN 9657184347. (Hebrew)
[edit] Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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