Korazim () 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
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. Located on the
Korazim plateau to the north of the
Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee (, Judeo-Aramaic languages, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ), also called Lake Tiberias, Genezareth Lake or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The village was founded in 1983 as a
moshav, but after it merged with Ma'of it became a community settlement. It is found just north of the
Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee (, Judeo-Aramaic languages, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ), also called Lake Tiberias, Genezareth Lake or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth ...
. It is named after ancient
Chorazin, mentioned in the
New Testament
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(), now the site of a much-visited archaeological park, which is located about 1 km east of the modern village.
It was founded on the land of the
depopulated Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village of
Al-Samakiyya.
See also
*
Chorazin
References
External links
Village websiteTalmud-era winepress, mosaic unearthed in Jewish village condemned by Jesus
{{Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Community settlements
Populated places established in 1983
1983 establishments in Israel
Hitahdut HaIkarim
Upper Galilee