Malkia

Malkia
Malkia
Coordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°ECoordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°E
Council Upper Galilee
Region Galilee
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded March 1949
Founded by Demobilized soldiers
Website www.malkiya.co.il

Malkia (Hebrew: מַלְכִּיָּה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 329.

The village was established in March 1949 by six former Palmach soldiers who had been demobilised at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was named after the depopulated Arab village of al-Malkiyya and after the biblical village of Malkia, which was named after a priestly family[1] from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4) settling here, on whose lands it was established.

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  1. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.310, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
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