Timrat
Community settlement in northern Israel
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::summary Community settlement in northern Israel ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kibbutz"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Timrat |
| image | PikiWiki Israel 5308 Timrat.JPG |
| foundation | 1981 |
| founded_by | Bnei HaEmek Movement |
| district | north |
| council | Jezreel Valley |
| affiliation | HaMerkaz HaHakla'i |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel jezreel#Israel |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| coordinates | |
| website | www.timrat.org.il |
| :: |
| name = Timrat | image = PikiWiki Israel 5308 Timrat.JPG | caption = | foundation = 1981 | founded_by = Bnei HaEmek Movement | district = north | council = Jezreel Valley | affiliation = HaMerkaz HaHakla'i | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map=Israel jezreel#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom |coordinates = | website = www.timrat.org.il
Timrat () is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Nahalal, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established in 1981, though the site had previously been the location of kibbutz Timorim, which was established in 1948, but moved to the centre of the country in 1954 due to a shortage of land.{{Cite book | publisher = Mapa Publishing | isbn = 965-7184-34-7 | pages = 555 |editor=Yuval Elʻazari | title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel | location = Tel-Aviv | year = 2005 |language=he}} Timorim had been established on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Ma'alul.
Archaeology
A Hebrew inscription with the word Shabbat (שַׁבָּת) was discovered west of Timrat by a casual hiker. This finding suggests a potential marking of the Sabbath boundary for a nearby town.
Residents
Timrat has over 400 families and over 2,000 residents (home owners and renters). Most of them work outside of Timrat.
Notable residents
- Shir Levo Football player
References
References
- Morris, Benny. (2004). "The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited". Cambridge University Press.
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
- (2023-03-20). "CXXII. Timrat no. 7243". De Gruyter.
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