Migdal, Israel
Migdal
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| • ISO 259 | Migdal |
 Migdal
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| Coordinates: 32°50′20.68″N 35°29′57.46″E / 32.8390778°N 35.4992944°ECoordinates: 32°50′20.68″N 35°29′57.46″E / 32.8390778°N 35.4992944°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1910 |
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| • Type | Local council (from 1949) |
| • Head of Municipality | Israel Sason Amrosi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,395 dunams (11.395 km2 or 4.400 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,812 |
| Name meaning | Tower |
Migdal (Hebrew: מִגְדָּל, lit. Tower) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It was founded in 1910, and granted local council status in 1949. In 2015 it had a population of 1,812.
Migdal is located near Ginosar, and about 8 km north of Tiberias. It has a shoreline on the Sea of Galilee, including the Tamar, Ilanot and Arbel beaches.
Migdal is built on the likely location of the classic era Magdala - a major Jewish town on the shores of the Lake of Galilee, which was destroyed during the First Jewish-Roman War in the 1st century CE.
In 1908, a small group of German Catholics who identified the site as the birthplace of Mary Magdalene settled there. They left after a year and the land was bought by Russian Zionists who founded a farm, Ahuzat Moskva (Moscow Estate) in 1910. This settlement was adjacent to the Arab village al-Majdal. A few years later, the land was sold to private investors. An encampment of Gdud HaAvoda workers who built the Tiberias-Rosh Pina road was established there in 1921.
The town was named after the old city of Migdala Nunia (Aramaic: "fish tower"), home town of Mary of Magdala (Luke 8:2), and is situated just west of the Kinneret on Tiberias-Rosh Pina road.
According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Migdal had a population of 51 inhabitants, consisting of 42 Jews and 9 Muslims.
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