Malkia

Malkia
Founded	March 1949
Founded by	Demobilized soldiers
Council	Upper Galilee
Region	Galilee
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Coordinates	33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°E / 33.0981972; 35.5110972Coordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°E / 33.0981972; 35.5110972
Malkia
Website	www.malkiya.co.il

Malkia (Hebrew: מַלְכִּיָּה‎‎) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 329.

The village was established in March 1949 by six former Palmach soldiers who had been demobilised at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was named after the depopulated Arab village of al-Malikiyya and after the biblical village of Malkia^[1], on whose lands it was established.

See also

• Kedesh

References

1. ^ Named after a priestly family from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4), who settled here.

External links

• Kibbutz website