Gita () is a communal settlement in northern

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. Located near

Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha (; ) is a city in the North District, Israel, North District in Israel, about east of Nahariya, and about Above mean sea level, above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab citizens of ...

, Jat and Yirka, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef'') is a Regional council (Israel), regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was founded in 1980 as part of the "Lookouts in the Galilee" plan to establish

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ish settlements in the area, but was later abandoned. It was re-established in 1993 by immigrants from the former Soviet Union. It is named after a nearby stream.

References

Community settlements Populated places established in 1980 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1980 establishments in Israel Russian-Jewish culture in Israel {{israel-geo-stub