| Moshava Kinneret | ||
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| Founded | 1908 | |
| Founded by | Local Jewish farmers | |
| Council | Emek HaYarden | |
| Region | Jordan Valley | |
| Affiliation | Jewish Colonization Association | |
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| Population | 584[1] (2009) | |
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Moshava Kinneret
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Kinneret (Hebrew: כִּנֶּרֶת) is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.[2] Located in the north of the Jordan Valley, 6 kilometers south of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. The village sits at around 185 meters below sea level, and in 2010 it had a population of 1,087.
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Kinneret was established in 1908 by the Jewish Colonization Association and took its name from the ancient Hebrew name of the Sea of Galilee and from a Biblical village located beside the Sea of Galilee further north in the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35). In its early years it was settled by local farmers from the surrounding villages, after a few years young pioneers. The original Jewish settlers stayed in the Khans of local Arab villages.[3]Beit Ha'almot, an agricultural training farm for women, was established in 1911. [4]
After Israeli independence the village became a local council with an area of 7,000 Dunums. However, as part of a local government reorganisation in 2003, it came under the control of Emek HaYarden Regional Council.
Moshav Kinneret operates a history museum in a building that housed the first local hospital. [5] Near Kinneret lies the tomb of Rabbi Meir known as the Wonder-Maker.
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