Liman, Israel
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| foundation = 1949
| founded_by = Demobilized soldiers
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| district = north
| council = Mateh Asher
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
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Liman ({{langx|he|לִימַן}}) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Western Galilee about {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Liman}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} Its area is about 2400 dunams and most residents work in agriculture, including chicken raising.
History
The village was founded in 1949 by a group of demobilized soldiers on part of the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Bassa. It was originally called Tzahal,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=Benny |last=Morris |author-link=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR22 xxii]}}{{cite book|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|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|page=9}} but was later renamed "Liman" to honor the American senator Herbert H. Lehman.Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). [https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=93576566#545.9951.6.default Eretz Israel Lexicon] (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 544-545.
The Liman Nature Reserve is located about {{convert|1|km|0|abbr=on}} north of the settlement, an area of about 50 dunams on a section of the gravel ridge that was preserved.
A 3rd century painted tomb from the Roman period was discovered in the fields of Liman in 1994–1995. The tomb contained two skeletons, bottles, coins and pottery.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23459811.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Tombs of the Roman Period at Tell Shubeib]
References
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External links
- [http://www.romgalil.org.il/cds/250/ Liman] Association for the Development of the Galilee
{{Mateh Asher Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)