Yir'on
Sign in to save'''Yir'on''' () is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית גליל עליון
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 404
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Key facts
- Kibbutz.name
- Yir'on
- Kibbutz.image
- Yir'on 6856.jpg
- Kibbutz.foundation
- 20 May 1949
- Kibbutz.founded_by
- Former Palmach membersDror-HeHalutz members
- Kibbutz.district
- north
- Kibbutz.council
- Upper Galilee
- Kibbutz.affiliation
- Kibbutz Movement
- Kibbutz.pushpin_map
- Israel northeast#Israel
- Kibbutz.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Kibbutz.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- kibbutz
- Official name
- יראון
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Upper Galilee Regional Council
- Population
- 386
- Elevation
- 686
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.yiron.org.il
- Image
- Yir'on 6837.jpg
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- Yir'on
- inception
- 1949-01-01
- native label
- יראון
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'''Yir'on''' () is a kibbutz in the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== The village was established on 20 May 1949 by former members of the Palmach's Yiftach Brigade and graduates of the Dror–HeHalutz youth movement on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of Saliha.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yir'on” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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