Elkana
Sign in to saveElkana or Elqana () is an Israeli settlement and local council in the north-western Samarian hills in the West Bank, located 3.1 km to the east of the Green Line and the city of Rosh HaAyin. It was founded in 1977 by a group from Gush Emunim of religious and non-religious Jews, and by July 2020 it had a population of 3858.
Key facts
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- ʔelqana
- Settlement.name
- Elkana
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council (from 1981)
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- Hebrew
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- ISO 259
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- Israel shomron
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- top
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- Region
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- West Bank
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Judea and Samaria Area
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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- 1977
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Asaf Mintzer
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- dunam
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Encyclopedic overview
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Elkana or Elqana () is an Israeli settlement and local council in the north-western Samarian hills in the West Bank, located 3.1 km to the east of the Green Line and the city of Rosh HaAyin. It was founded in 1977 by a group from Gush Emunim of religious and non-religious Jews, and by July 2020 it had a population of 3858.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elkana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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