HaYogev

HaYogev
הַיּוֹגֵב
HaYogev
Coordinates: 32°36′42.48″N 35°12′16.92″E / 32.6118000°N 35.2047000°E / 32.6118000; 35.2047000Coordinates: 32°36′42.48″N 35°12′16.92″E / 32.6118000°N 35.2047000°E / 32.6118000; 35.2047000
Council Jezreel Valley
Region Lower Galilee
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Bnei Akiva members
Population (2015)[1] 632
Name meaning The Farmer
Website www.hayogev.org.il

HaYogev (Hebrew: הַיּוֹגֵב, lit. The Farmer) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around seven kilometres west of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 632.

The moshav was founded in 1949 by a youth group from Austria, Germany, Romania and Israel who were members of the abandoned kibbutz of Beit Eshel.

References

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

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