Kfar Yehoshua

Kfar Yehoshua

Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Kfar Yehoshua
foundation = 1927
founded_by =
region = Galilee
council = Jezreel Valley
industry =
affiliation = Moshavim Movement
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Kfar Yehoshua ( _he. כפר יהושע, lit. "Yehoshua Village") is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Carmel City and Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 732.

The moshav was founded in 1927 and was named after Yehoshua Hankin, was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine. It had a railway station on the Jezreel Valley railway which ceased operating midway through the 20th century.


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