Harashim () is a

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

in northern

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. Located in the

Upper Galilee The Upper Galilee (, ''HaGalil Ha'Elyon''; , ''Al Jaleel Al A'alaa'') is a geographical region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terra ...

to the north of

Karmiel Karmiel () is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre–Safed road, from Sa ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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. In it had a population of . Its elevation is . Harashim is the wettest inhabited place in Israel.

History

The village was established in 1980 as part of the

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lookout plan to encourage Jewish settlement in the region. Its name is derived from nearby Tel Harashim, an

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Jewish village where it is believed the inhabitants worked as

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Geography

Climate

Harashim has a

Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

(

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: ''Csa'') with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy and occasionally snowy winters. The village receives of precipitation per year. Summers are rainless and hot with an average high temperature of and an average low temperature of . Winters are cool and wet, and precipitation is occasionally in the form of snow. Winters have an average high temperature of and an average low temperature of . Harashim is the wettest inhabited place in Israel.

References

{{Authority control Community settlements Populated places established in 1980 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1980 establishments in Israel