Elkosh
{{Short description|Moshav in northern Israel}}
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Elkosh
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|אֶלְקוֹשׁ}}
| foundation = 1949
| image = המושב אלקוש.jpg
| founded_by = Yemenite Jews
| council = Ma'ale Yosef
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = north
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Elqosh}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northwest#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|33|2|0|N|35|19|22|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
Elkosh ({{langx|he|אֶלְקוֹשׁ}}) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Elqosh}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Yemen on land that had belonged to the Palestinian villages of Dayr al-Qassi and Al-Mansura, both depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|pages=13, 24}}
It was named after the biblical city of Elkosh, the birthplace of prophet Nahum (Nahum 1:1), which may have been located in the area.Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 144, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Kurdistan.{{cite web|url=https://or1.org.il/settlments/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A9/|title=אלקוש|website=Or Movement}}
References
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{{Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1949
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)