Meitav, Israel

Meitav
Meitav
Coordinates: 32°32′48.47″N 35°18′2.16″E / 32.5467972°N 35.3006000°E / 32.5467972; 35.3006000Coordinates: 32°32′48.47″N 35°18′2.16″E / 32.5467972°N 35.3006000°E / 32.5467972; 35.3006000
Council	Gilboa Regional Council
Region	Ta'anakh
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1954
Founded by	Kurdish and Iranian immigrants

Meitav (Hebrew: מֵיטָב, lit. Utmost, best) is a moshav in north-eastern Israel. The name derives^[1] from Bereshit/Genesis 47,11: "Joseph ... gave them property in the best part of the land." Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 379.

The moshav was established in 1954 by immigrants from Kurdistan and Iraq. The third settlement to be founded in the Ta'anakh, it was initially named Ta'anakh Gimel (lit. Ta'anakh 3).

References

1. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.324 , ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English) and
   Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jeruusalem 1999, Carta, p.39 ,ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)