Kalanit
Kalanit synagogue
Kalanit synagogue
Kalanit is located in Northeast Israel
Kalanit
Kalanit
Coordinates: 32°52′26″N 35°27′18″E / 32.87389°N 35.45500°E / 32.87389; 35.45500
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilMerom HaGalil
AffiliationHapoel HaMizrachi
Founded1982
Population
 (2021)[1]
258

Kalanit (Hebrew: כַּלָּנִית, lit. Anemone) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located between Tiberias and Karmiel, next to Maghar, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 258.[1]

History

Kalanit was established in 1981 on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mansura, southeast of the village site.[2]

The village was established as a moshav by the Hapoel HaMizrachi organization with the goal that it would be populated by the children of the families living in the area, and so with time the moshav became a community settlement.[citation needed]

The community takes its name from a flower endemic to Israel, called in Modern Hebrew kalanit (Anemone coronaria).

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 533. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.