Amikam

Amikam
  • עַמִּיקָם (Hebrew)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • OfficialAmmiqam
Location within Haifa region of Israel
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 32°33′49″N 35°1′15″E / 32.56361°N 35.02083°E / 32.56361; 35.02083
Country Israel
DistrictHaifa
SubdistrictHadera
CouncilAlona
AffiliationMishkei Herut Beitar
Founded1950
FounderImmigrants from China
Population
 (2024)
751

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 2024, it had a population of 751. West of the moshav is the Alona Park with the archaeological site Mey Kedem near the coastal city of Caesarea.

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 was part of the village lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Sabbarin before 1948.

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.

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. pp. 426–427. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 187. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. ↑ "Alona region". Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  5. ↑ Shapira, Ran (November 30, 2011). "What peach did they dare to eat at Masada?". Haaretz. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  1. ↑ Cohen, Yoni (April 22, 2012). "Weekend Walk: Moshav Amikam". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 23, 2019.