Kfar Yona
Kfar Yona
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| • Also spelled | Kefar Yona (official) | |
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 Kfar Yona
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| Coordinates: 32°19′1.57″N 34°56′8.74″E / 32.3171028°N 34.9357611°ECoordinates: 32°19′1.57″N 34°56′8.74″E / 32.3171028°N 34.9357611°E | ||
| District | Central | |
| Founded | 23 January 1932 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | City (from 2014) | |
| • Mayor | Ephraim Deri | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11,017 dunams (11 km2 or 4 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 21,611 | |
Kfar Yona (Hebrew: כְּפַר יוֹנָה, Arabic: كفار يونا) is a city in the Sharon subdistrict in the Central District of Israel. It is about 7 km east of Netanya. With a jurisdiction of 11,017 dunams (~11 km²). in 2015 it had a population of 21,611. In 2014, Kfar Yona's official status was changed from a local council to a city.
Kfar Yona was established on lands in the Sharon plain purchased in 1932 from Mustafa Bushnaq and the Shanti family of Qalqilya.
Kfar Yona (Yona's village) is named for Jean (Yona) Fischer, a Belgian Zionist. It was founded on Tu Bishvat, January 23, 1932 by Morris Fischer, Yona's son, a member of the World Jewish Congress, and was originally named Gan Yona (Yona's Garden).
In the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Kfar Yona was on the front lines, and its defenders faced the Iraqi Army, which sought to reach Netanya and cut the Jewish forces in Israel in half. The new Israel Defense Forces repelled the Iraqi attacks and forced them back into the Samarian mountains, although Kfar Yona remained the easternmost Jewish settlement in the area. As a result of the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the border moved from Kfar Yona 8 km eastward, to just west of Tulkarm.
Kfar Yona was surrounded by orchards and its main income was from selling oranges. Most of these orchards are now the site of new neighborhoods.
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