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Afula
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thumb|right|The historic train station of Afula in 2006
OverviewAI-generated
Afula is a city in Israel’s Northern District, established in 1925. It has a population of 60,000 and covers an area of 26.909 square kilometers. The city sits at an elevation of 60 meters above sea level. Its official name is written in Hebrew as עֲפוּלָה and in Arabic as العفولة.
The municipality is twinned with Ingelheim am Rhein, Biłgoraj, Providence, and Worcester. Afula uses the postal codes 18105, 18106, 18110, and 18111. The city is located in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone.
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Place details
- Locality
- עפולה
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 44,930
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Afula
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Coat of arms of Afula.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel jezreel#Israel
- Settlement.grid_name
- Grid position
- Settlement.grid_position
- 177/224 PAL
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1900 BCE (Canaanite settlement)7th century (Samaritan town)14th century (Arab village)1925–present (Jewish village/city)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Avi Elkabetz
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
- Settlement.population_total
- 64452
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Ethnicity
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Dating back at least since the 11th century, but possible several thousand more years. Afula remained a small village but became somewhat of a logistics node when the Jezreel Valley railway was inaugurated in 1904. The whole town was bought in 1925 by American Zionist Commonwealth as part of the Sursock Purchase, the largest Jewish land acquisition during Mandatory Palestine. About one hundred Arab families who had lived in the area either accepted compensation for their land and left voluntarily or were evicted. In the following decades Afula saw a large influx of Jewish immigrants and it has grown into a modern and well-developed town, however lacking in tourist sights.
Eat
Spoons - coffee shop. Located at the center of the city, Near Karmel Hotel. * Aroma Espresso Bar - There are two branches of this chain in Afula. One is at the center of the city by the end of Arlosoroff Boulevard (Near the city hall), the second is located inside the G-Ba'Emek open mall (on the road from Afula to Tiberias).[http://www.aroma.us/info_page.php?id=3 More information about Aroma Esspreso Bar. Also inside G-Ba'Emek you will find branches of BBB Burgers Bar, Cafe Greg and other coffee shops and restaurants.
Go next
Tel Megiddo is located nearby (10 minutes drive) in the Jezreel Valley. Mount Tabor is a natural site and Christian holy place in the Lower Galilee.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Bronze Age to Byzantine period
- Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk periods
- Late Ottoman period
- First World War
- British Mandate
- Jewish Afula (est. 1925)
- State of Israel
- Railroad (1948-49; 2010s)
- Terror attacks (1990s-2000s)
- 2006 Lebanon War
- Recent development plans
- "Afula as a Jewish-only city" grassroots campaigns
- Demographics
- Climate
- Economy
- Education and culture
- Health care
- Sports
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|The historic train station of Afula in 2006
Afula () is a city in the Northern District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley" due to its strategic location in the Jezreel Valley. In the city had a population of 64,452.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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