Ya'ad ( he, יַעַד, ''lit.'' Destiny or Goal) is a small
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
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 the city of
Karmiel
Karmiel ( he, כַּרְמִיאֵל) is a city in northern 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, f ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Misgav Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
It was founded in 1974 by computer science graduates from the
Technion next to the land where the Arab village of
Mi'ar
Mi'ar ( ar, ميعار), was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village. The villa ...
existed until 1947 and the independence of Israel
References
External links
Official website
Moshavim
Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Populated places established in 1974
1974 establishments in Israel
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