Zikhron Ya'akov
Town in Israel
Zikhron Ya'akov
Zikhron Ya'akov (Hebrew: זכרון יעקב, lit. 'Jacob's Memorial', Arabic: زخرون يعكوف) often shortened to just Zikhron, is a town in northern Israel, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of the city of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near the coastal highway (Highway 2). It was one of the first Moshavot of Halutzim in the country, founded in 1882 by Jews from Romania, who in 1883 received support from Baron Edmond James de Rothschild and renamed their town in honor of his father, James Mayer de Rothschild ("James" being derived from the Hebrew name Ya'akov, Jacob). In 2024 it had a population of 24,201.
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