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 | |
| Council | Alona |
| Region | Haifa District |
| Affiliation | Mishkei Herut Beitar |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Former Irgun members |
| Population (2012) | 757[1] |
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 757 in 2012.[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ↑ 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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