Givat Ela ( he, גִּבְעַת אֵלָה, ''lit.'' Ela Hill) is a

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

in northern

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Located near

Ilut Ilut, also spelt ʿAilut ( ar, عيلوط; he, עִלּוּט), is an Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1991. In its population was . Ilut is located to the northwest of Nazareth. The to ...

and

Zarzir Zarzir ( ar, زرزير, he, זַרְזִיר), also known as Beit Zarzir, is an Arab local council located west of the city of Nazareth in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of , consisting of five Bedouin tribes, Mazar ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Jezreel Valley Regional Council Jezreel Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Yizra'el'') is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1988 at the initiative of a

gar'in Gar'in (, ''lit.'' kernel) is a Hebrew term used for groups of people who moved together to Ottoman Palestine, British Palestine, and since 1948, Israel.Joel Beinin The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry- 2005 9774248902 "arrived in Israel while the mi ...

of people from near

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

References

External links

Village website
{{Authority control Community settlements Populated places established in 1988 1988 establishments in Israel Populated places in Northern District (Israel)