Amnun

Amnun אַמְנוּן‎
Amnun
Coordinates: 32°54′16.19″N 35°34′15.24″E / 32.9044972°N 35.5709000°ECoordinates: 32°54′16.19″N 35°34′15.24″E / 32.9044972°N 35.5709000°E
Council	Mevo'ot HaHermon
Region	Upper Galilee
Founded	1983
Founded by	Evacuees from Sinai
Population (2015)[1]	289
Name meaning	Tilapia

Amnun (Hebrew: אַמְנוּן‎) is a workers' moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and HaOved HaTzioni, a part of Hanoar Hatzioni. It is located in the Korazim region, north of Kfar Nahum and the Sea of Galilee and east of Safed. In 2015 it had a population of 289.

History

The moshav was founded by the Jewish Agency in 1983 for evacuees of former Israeli settlements in Sinai after the signing of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty and residents of neighboring moshavim.

The name is based on the Tilapia fish, called "Amnun" in Hebrew, which lives in the nearby Kinneret lake.

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.