Ge'alya
גְּאַלְיָה | |
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Coordinates: 31°53′6″N 34°45′58″E / 31.88500°N 34.76611°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Central |
Council | Gan Raveh |
Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Founded | 1948 |
Founded by | Bulgarian Jews |
Population (2022)
[1] | 924 |
Website | www.gealya.co.il |
Ge'alya, sometimes written Galia ( Hebrew: גְּאַלְיָה), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 924. [1]
The moshav was founded in 1948 by immigrants from Bulgaria, on land belonging to the Palestinian village of Qubayba, which was depopulated in 1948. [2]
It is located south of the ancient site of Tel Shalaf, where Iron Age artifacts have been found. [3] Tel Shalaf, is identified by some but not all scholars with the city of Eltekeh. [4] Eltekeh appeared in Sennacherib's Annals as the site of a battle between the Assyrians and Egyptians in 701 BCE, and in the Bible as a Levitical city within the first Dan tribal area ( Joshua 19:44 and Joshua 21:23). [4] [5]