Liman, Israel
Encyclopedia
Liman is a moshav
in the Western Galilee in northern Israel
, located about 5 km (3 mi) north of Nahariya
. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council
and the Moshavim Movement
.
The community was founded in 1949 by a group of demobilized soldiers on part of the lands of the depopulated Palestinian
Arab
village of Al-Bassa
, and was originally called Tzahal. Afterward its name was changed to Liman to honor the American senator Herbert H. Lehman
. In 2005 it had a population of about 500. Its area is about 2400 dunam
s. Most residents work in agriculture, such as plantings and chicken raising.
The Liman Nature Reserve is located about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) north of the settlement, an area of about 50 dunams on a section of the gravel ridge that was preserved.
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in the Western Galilee in northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, located about 5 km (3 mi) north of Nahariya
Nahariya
Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s...
. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council
Mateh Asher Regional Council
The Mateh Asher Regional Council is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua . It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman...
and the Moshavim Movement
Moshavim Movement
The Moshavim Movement is one of the main settlement movements in Israel, whose members are cooperative villages organized as moshavim and moshavim shitufiim...
.
The community was founded in 1949 by a group of demobilized soldiers on part of the lands of the depopulated Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
village of Al-Bassa
Al-Bassa
al-Bassa was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate of Palestine's District of Acre. It was situated close to the Lebanese border, north of the district capital, Akko , and above sea level.-Name:...
, and was originally called Tzahal. Afterward its name was changed to Liman to honor the American senator Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman
Herbert Henry Lehman was a Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.-Lehman Brothers:...
. In 2005 it had a population of about 500. Its area is about 2400 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s. Most residents work in agriculture, such as plantings and chicken raising.
The Liman Nature Reserve is located about 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) north of the settlement, an area of about 50 dunams on a section of the gravel ridge that was preserved.