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Zichron Yaakov

town and local council in Haifa District, Israel
Place Town Q198399

Facts

24 properties

Designation

Instance of
town, moshav[5]
Heritage designation
Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Zikhron Ya'akov

Location

Country
Israel (1948–present)[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.571°, 34.952°[18]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Haifa District[2]

Period and style

Inception
1882[17]
More facts +18
Founder
Romanian Jews[6]
Official website
www.zy1882.co.il[19]
Website
www.zy1882.co.il
Founded by
Romanian Jews
Located in
Haifa District
Part of
Carmel mountain range[12]
Affiliation
Hovevei Zion
Area
32.0
Coordinates
🗺️ 32.571°, 34.952°
Elevation above sea level
70.0
Has part(s)
Carmel Winery, Aaronsohn House[15][16]
Has parts
Carmel Winery, Aaronsohn House
Head of government
Eli Abutbul[4]
Located in time zone
UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00[13][14]
Named after
James Mayer de Rothschild[7]
Population
22,984, 22,532
Public transport stop
Zikhron Ya'aqov railway station
Twinned administrative body
Saint-Maurice, Charenton-le-Pont, St. Moritz, South Palm Beach[8][9][10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Zichron Yaakov ar زخرون يعكوف cs Zichron Ja'akov de Zichron Ja’akow es Zikhron Ya'akov fa زیخرون یاکوف fr Zikhron Yaakov he זכרון יעקב it Zikhron Ya'aqov ja ジクロン・ヤアコヴ ja ジフロン・ヤアコヴ pl Zichron Ja'akow pt Zihron Yaakov ro Zihron Iaakov ru Зихрон-Яаков uk Зіхрон-Яаков
🔖 Identifiers · 12
VIAF cluster ID
124334407
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80094490
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ohel Yaakov sinagogue Zichron Yaacov from north east.jpg ↗
Facebook location ID
110053359017425
Facebook username
zichronyaacovarchives
Freebase ID
/m/0298ck
Israeli CBS municipal ID
9300, 0025
J9U entity ID
987007555071305171
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
11633
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4001345
Who's on First ID
421174077
Yale LUX ID
place/4e37c9dd-855b-46e7-b1ab-97b83db4e105

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🔗 Connections
People born here 8
Sarah Aaronsohn, Rivka Carmi, Ofir Shaham, Ted Arison, Alexander Aaronsohn, Shachar Sagiv, Motti Lerner, Shoshana Shababo
Contained subdivisions 4
Israel National Trail, Nahal Taninim, Burayka, Naẖal Daliyya
Twinned administrative body 4
St. Moritz, Charenton-le-Pont, Saint-Maurice, South Palm Beach
← Place of burial 3
Sarah Aaronsohn, David Remez, Hillel Yaffe
← Twinned administrative body 3
St. Moritz, Charenton-le-Pont, Saint-Maurice
Instance of 2
town, moshav
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Affiliation 1
Hovevei Zion
Country 1
Israel
Has part(s) 1
Carmel Winery
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Haifa District
Located in this place 1
November 2016 Israel fires
Named after 1
James Mayer de Rothschild
People who died here 1
Sarah Aaronsohn
Residents 1
Yifat Shasha-Biton
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bilbrook
← Location of formation 1
Israel Teachers Union
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Summary

Zichron Yaakov is a town[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Zichron Yaakov's area is recorded as 32 km²[20]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 70 m[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+22984'}[22] and {'amount': '+22532'}[23].

Designation and Status

Zichron Yaakov's heritage designation is recorded as Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Zikhron Ya'akov[24].

Related Entities

Charenton-le-Pont Israel

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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