Timorim
| Timorim <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />תִּמּוֹרִים, תימורים |
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| Council | Be'er Tuvia Regional Council |
| Region | Central Israel |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 1948 (original location) 1954 (current location) |
| Website | www.timorim.org |
Timorim (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />תִּמּוֹרִים, pl. Hebrew artificial palm) is a village in central Israel organized as a moshav shitufi and functioning also as a communal settlement for its community of non-members. Located on the Israeli coastal plain around a kilometer south of the Malakhi Junction, near the town of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 710. It is named after a carving in the shape of a palm in the temple: 1 Kings 6:29.[1]
It was established in 1948 by a Gar'in of youth from South Africa, Romania and Egypt from the youth movement HaNoar Hatzioni as a kibbutz on Shimron Hill in the Lower Galilee, in the area now covered by the communal settlement of Timrat. In 1953 it reorganized as a moshav shitufi, one of the first in the country. In 1954 the settlement moved to its current location due to a shortage of land at its original site.[2]
Timorim's income in 2005 derived mainly from industry (74%), with additional 15% from agriculture and 11% from outside work of Timorim members and other sources.[3] Timorim has two industries: "Tomer Plastics" manufacturing plastic furniture for the institutional market (est. 1961-1975) and "Tomer 2000" manufacturing metal pipes (est. 1978). Agriculture includes cotton, citrus, olives, and walnuts. A dairy herd of 450 head is managed jointly with Kibbutz Hulda.
References
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.462, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
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- ↑ Timorim audited financial statements for 2003-2005.
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
- Satellite map of Timorim from Google Maps
- Topographical map of Timorim (Hebrew)
