Amikam
Sign in to saveAmikam () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In , it had a population of . West of the moshav is the Alona Park with the archaeological site Mey Kedem near the coastal city of Caesarea.
Key facts
- Israel village.name
- Amikam
- Israel village.image
- Amikam2011-4.jpg
- Israel village.imgsize
- 250
- Israel village.altOffSp
- Ammiqam
- Israel village.founded
- 1950
- Israel village.founded_by
- Immigrants from China
- Israel village.district
- haifa
- Israel village.council
- Alona
- Israel village.affiliation
- Mishkei Herut Beitar
- Israel village.pushpin_map
- Israel haifa#Israel
- Israel village.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- moshav
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Alona Regional Council
- Population
- 707
- Elevation
- 82
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Amikam2011-4.jpg
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- Amikam
- inception
- 1950-01-01
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Amikam () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In , it had a population of . West of the moshav is the Alona Park with the archaeological site Mey Kedem near the coastal city of Caesarea.
==History== The moshav was established in 1950 by Jewish refugees from Harbin, Manchuria and Shanghai, China, who had fled the Chinese Civil War. The land had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Sabbarin.
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