Amikam

Amikam
Founded	1950
Founded by	North African immigrants
Council	Alona
Region	Haifa District
Affiliation	Mishkei Herut Beitar
Coordinates	32°33′49.31″N 35°1′14.51″E / 32.5636972°N 35.0206972°E / 32.5636972; 35.0206972Coordinates: 32°33′49.31″N 35°1′14.51″E / 32.5636972°N 35.0206972°E / 32.5636972; 35.0206972
Amikam

Amikam (Hebrew: עַמִּיקָם‎‎) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In 2006 it had a population of 561. West of the moshav is the Alona Park.^[1]

The moshav was established in 1950 by immigrants from North Africa and Jewish refugees from Harbin, Manchuria, who had fled the Chinese Civil War.^[1]

It is built on the land of Sabbarin, a depopulated Arab village.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. pp. 426–427. ISBN 9657184347.  (Hebrew)
2. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.187

Bibliography

• Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0887282245