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District
  
Affiliation
  
Founded by
  
Local time
  
Thursday 10:03 AM

Council
  
Founded
  
1949

Population (2015)
  
318

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Weather
  
19°C, Wind E at 16 km/h, 34% Humidity

Elkosh (Hebrew: אֶלְקוֹשׁ‎) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 318.

Contents

Map of Elkosh, Israel

History

The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Yemen on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Dayr al-Qassi, and was named after the biblical city of Elkosh, birth-town of prophet Nahum (Nahum 1:1), which was located in the area. The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Kurdistan. The village is founded which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

References

Elkosh Wikipedia


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