Malkia
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| Coordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°ECoordinates: 33°5′53.51″N 35°30′39.95″E / 33.0981972°N 35.5110972°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Upper Galilee |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | March 1949 |
| Founded by | Demobilized soldiers |
| Population (2015) | 442 |
| Website | www.malkiya.co.il |
Malkia (Hebrew: מַלְכִּיָּה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border and Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 442.
The village was established in March 1949 by six former Palmach soldiers who had been demobilised at the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was named after the depopulated Arab village of al-Malkiyya and after the biblical village of Malkia, which was named after a priestly family from biblical times (Nehemiah 10:4) settling here, on whose lands it was established.
It is located on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian villages of Qadas and al-Malkiyya.
Malkiya shortly after its establishment
Early view of Malkiya
Building of first cabin at Malkiya
Members of the Harel Brigade planting grass seeds in 1950
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