- Poria Illit
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kibbutz_name = Poria Illit
foundation = 1912 (original)
1940 (first re-establishment)
1955 (second re-establishment)
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region =Sea of Galilee
council = Emek HaYarden
industry =
affiliation =
website =Poria Illit ( _he. פוריה עילית, lit. "Upper Poria") is a communal settlement in northern
Israel . Located to the south of theSea of Galilee , it falls under the jurisdiction ofEmek HaYarden Regional Council . In 2006 it had a population of 673.The area was first settled in 1912 and operated as a farm run by
Jew ish immigrants from theSecond Aliyah . However, the original residents left after the outbreak ofWorld War I , and the land was abandoned until 1940. In that year a Noar HaOvedkvutza named "Alumot" settled in the area. They renovated the original basalt stone houses, naming the village Poria Alumot. However, in 1947 they were given a permanent site for their kibbutz on Bitania Illit, a hill opposite Poria. The new kibbutz was namedAlumot .A new
gar'in group arrived on the site and established a new kibbutz called Poria, but it was dismantled in 1949 and the most of the residents moved to Alumot. Another group of settlers arrived to establish a new village in 1955. The village operated without an administration and it was only in 1991 that it was official recognised as a separate village toPoria - Neve Oved .
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