Council Alona Affiliation Mishkei Herut Beitar Population (2015) 707 Local time Tuesday 9:52 PM | Region Haifa District Founded by Immigrants from China Founded 1950 | |
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Weather 20°C, Wind E at 14 km/h, 36% Humidity | ||
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 2015 it had a population of 707. West of the moshav is the Alona Park.
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Map of Amikam, Israel
History
The moshav was established in 1950 by Jewish refugees from Harbin, Manchuria and Shanghai, China, who had fled the Chinese Civil War. The land had belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Sabbarin.
The founders were later joined by Jews from the Cyprus concentration camps, and followed by Yemenite Jews. In 1956, a group of Polish Jewish immigrants settled on the moshav. Some of the families engage in fruit farming, raising peaches, plums, nectarines and loquats. Children attend the local Tali Alona elementary school.
Agriculture
A rare variety of peach was grown on Moshav Amikam and named for the moshav. Pits from this variety were found on Masada. Now the one remaining tree is in Kfar Kara.