Hukok
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Hukok (Template:Langx) is a kibbutz in Israel. Located near the Sea of Galilee and the cities of Tiberias and Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations
History
In 1945, the Hukok fort was built by the Solel Boneh company as a strategic settlement post and named after the biblical village of Huqoq (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".),[1] the supposed burial place of the prophet Habakkuk.[2] It stood near the Palestinian village of Yaquq.[2]
The kibbutz was established in 1946 by graduates of the Mikveh Israel agricultural school and members of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement.[3]
Yaquq was depopulated on May 1, 1948 during the civil war phase of the war.[4]
After the 1948 Palestine war, the fort was used as an absorption center for new immigrants.[3]
Between 2002 and 2003, as part of a nationwide program, the kibbutz took in 76 immigrants (22 families) from Latin America, of whom 58 remained.[5]
Economy
In addition to agriculture, the kibbutz runs a plastics factory, Hukok Industries. The kibbutz operates a private beach on Lake Kinneret that was awarded a Blue Flag for environmental excellence in 2013.[6]
Notable people
- Tuvia Katz (born 1936), abstract painter
References
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- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. 3rd edition, 1993, Jerusalem: Carta, p. 204, Template:ISBN
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External links
- OR Movement web site Retrieved on 24 May 2009
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