Poria Illit

Poria Illit
Poria Illit
Coordinates: 32°44′11.04″N 35°32′36.95″E / 32.7364000°N 35.5435972°E / 32.7364000; 35.5435972Coordinates: 32°44′11.04″N 35°32′36.95″E / 32.7364000°N 35.5435972°E / 32.7364000; 35.5435972
Council	Emek HaYarden
Region	Sea of Galilee
Founded	1912 (original) 1940 (first re-establishment) 1955 (second re-establishment)

Poria Illit (Hebrew: פּוֹרִיָּה עִלִּית, lit. Upper Poria) is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 673.

The area was first settled in 1912 and operated as a farm run by Jewish immigrants from the Second Aliyah. However, the original residents left after the outbreak of World War I, and the land was abandoned until 1940. In that year a collective of settlers (a kvutza) affiliated with the socialist-Zionist Noar HaOved movement, named Alumot, settled in the area. They renovated the original basalt stone houses, naming the village Poria Alumot. However, in 1947 they were given a permanent site for their kibbutz at Bitania Illit, on a hill opposite Poria. The new kibbutz was named Alumot.

A new gar'in group arrived on the site and established a new kibbutz called Poria, but it was dismantled in 1949 and the most of the residents moved to Alumot. Another group of settlers arrived to establish a new village in 1955.^[1] The village operated without an administration and it was only in 1991 that it was official recognised as a village distinct from Poria - Neve Oved.

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