Livnim
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Livnim
| image = File:LivnimHukuk2242.JPG
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|לִבְנִים, ליבנים}}
| meaning = Birches
| founded = 1982
| founded_by =
| district = north
| council = Merom HaGalil
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Livnim}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel northeast#Israel
|pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_label_position = top
|coordinates = {{coord|32|51|51|N|35|29|47|E|display=inline,title}}
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Livnim ({{langx|he|לִבְנִים}}, lit. Birches) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located northwest of the Sea of Galilee in the western Ginosar Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Livnim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The community was founded in 1982 by members of nearby moshavim as a workers' moshav, on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Ghuwayr Abu Shusha.{{cite book|last= Khalidi |first= Walid |authorlink= Walid Khalidi |title= All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |publisher= Institute for Palestine Studies |location= Washington DC |isbn= 0-88728-224-5 |year= 1992|page=517}} In 1989 it became a community settlement. It is named after the plant "Livne" (Styrax officinalis), that grows in the area.Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). [https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=93576566#538.193.6.default Eretz Israel Lexicon] (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 537.
References
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{{Merom HaGalil Regional Council}}
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Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)