Elkosh
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Elkosh (Template:Langx) 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 Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
History
The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Yemen on land that had belonged to the Palestinian villages of Dayr al-Qassi and Al-Mansura, both depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[1]
It was named after the biblical city of Elkosh, the birthplace of prophet Nahum (Nahum 1:1), which may have been located in the area.[2] The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Kurdistan.[3]
References
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