Hatzor HaGlilit

Hatzor HaGlilit is a town inside the Korazim Plateau in northern Israel close to Rosh Pinna and Safed. It is called for the nearby biblical web site of Tel Hazor. In 2017 it had a population of 9,060. Hatzor was a Canaanite and later Israelite town in the tribe of Naphtali at some stage in past due Bronze and early Iron Ages, which became conquered with the aid of Assyrian ruler Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BC and its population become deported, at the same time as the metropolis was burnt to the ground. Hatzor HaGlilit turned into based in 1952–1953 as a transition camp.

The new based camp was placed at the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Mughr al-Khayt, 1 km southeast of the village website. The two adjacent transition camps have been initially named "Hatzor A" and "Hatzor B", named for the nearby biblical web site of Tel Hatzor, and housed immigrants and refugees, broadly speaking Jews from North Africa. In 1956, Hatzor HaGlilit became given the popularity of neighborhood council. By 1958, Hatzor HaGlilit had a populace of 4,000 and obtained development metropolis reputation.