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Bustan HaGalil

Bustan HaGalil
בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל
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Bustan HaGalil is located in Israel
Bustan HaGalil
Bustan HaGalil
Coordinates: 32°57′4.32″N 35°4′58.07″E / 32.9512000°N 35.0827972°E / 32.9512000; 35.0827972Coordinates: 32°57′4.32″N 35°4′58.07″E / 32.9512000°N 35.0827972°E / 32.9512000; 35.0827972
District Northern
Council Mateh Asher
Region Western Galilee
Affiliation Agricultural Union
Founded 1948
Founded by Romanian Jews
Population (2015) 961
Name meaning Orchard of the Galilee

Bustan HaGalil (Hebrew: בֻּסְתַּן הַגָּלִיל‎ or בוסתן הגליל lit. Orchard of the Galilee) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2015 its population was 961.

It was founded in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania and was located on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Al-Manshiyya, north of the village site. The site had previously been used for the Sydney Smith Barracks, where the Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre, which ended the Syria-Lebanon campaign of World War II in 1941, was signed. The name is symbolic, taken after the orchards in the area.

After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, residents of the moshav of Beit Yosef joined them.


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