Avtalion

Avtalion
אַבְטַלְיוֹן
Hebrew transcription(s)
  official Avtalyon
Avtalion
Coordinates: 32°50′13.02″N 35°20′49.58″E / 32.8369500°N 35.3471056°E / 32.8369500; 35.3471056Coordinates: 32°50′13.02″N 35°20′49.58″E / 32.8369500°N 35.3471056°E / 32.8369500; 35.3471056
District Northern
Council Misgav
Affiliation Agricultural Union
Founded 1987
Population (2014)[1] 381

Avtalion (Hebrew: אַבְטַלְיוֹן) is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee to the south of Arraba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 381.

The village was established in 1987 as a moshav shitufi, and was named after Abtalion, a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era. It was later converted to a communal settlement

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