Merom Golan
{{Short description|Israeli settlement in the Golan Heights}}
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Merom Golan
| image = File:PikiWiki Israel 20164 Dining house in Kibbutz Merom Golan.JPG
| imgsize = 250
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן}}
| arname =
| meaning =
| foundation = 14 July 1967
| founded_by =
| country =
| region = Golan Heights
| district = north
| council = Golan
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Merom Golan}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Syria Golan#Israel Golan
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| coordinates = {{coord|33|08|00|N|35|46|33|E|display=inline,title}}
| area_dunam =
| website = [http://www.merom-golan.org.il merom-golan.org.il]
}}
Merom Golan ({{langx|he|מְרוֹם גּוֹלָן}}) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the Western Golan Heights. The settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel occupied the area in the Six Day War in 1967. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.{{cite news
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm
| title = The Geneva Convention
| publisher = BBC
| date=10 December 2009
}}
It is located at the bottom of the volcanic crater{{Cite web |url=http://www.israel-tours-hotel.com/israel/details_site_tiyol.php?ts_id=25 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-12-07 |archive-date=2019-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624165935/http://www.israel-tours-hotel.com/israel/details_site_tiyol.php%3Fts_id%3D25 |url-status=dead }} of Mount Bental. The settlement falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}}, it had a population of {{Israel populations|Merom Golan}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Kibbutz Golan (later Merom Golan) was established on 14 July 1967 with funds from the Upper Galilee Regional Council on the site of the abandoned military camp of Aleika.1967 Israel, the War and the Year that Transformed the Middle east by Tom Segev p.574-575
The kibbutz had the lowest temperature ever recorded by an Israeli weather station: -14.2°{{nnbsp}}C. The previous record was -13.7C in the Beit Netofa Valley.{{cite news|title=Golan sees record low temperatures during storm|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/golan-sees-record-low-temperatures-during-storm/|work=The Times of Israel|date=12 January 2015|quote=Kibbutz Merom Golan on the Golan Heights experienced temperatures of -14.2°{{nnbsp}}C [...] The previous low was reached in February 1950 in the Beit Netofa valley. [...] The Golan Heights were not a part of Israel at that time, and their higher altitude likely would have earned them the original record too.}}
Geography
=Climate=
{{Weather box
|location= Merom Golan (Temperature: 1995–2010, Precipitation: 1980-2010)
|metric first= yes
|single line= yes
|Jan record high C= 21.2
|Feb record high C= 22.0
|Mar record high C= 29.7
|Apr record high C= 33.3
|May record high C= 38.2
|Jun record high C= 38.0
|Jul record high C= 40.8
|Aug record high C= 41.4
|Sep record high C= 38.3
|Oct record high C= 35.1
|Nov record high C= 28.6
|Dec record high C= 24.2
|Jan high C= 9.9
|Feb high C= 11.0
|Mar high C= 14.5
|Apr high C= 18.8
|May high C= 24.5
|Jun high C= 27.7
|Jul high C= 29.2
|Aug high C= 29.4
|Sep high C= 27.7
|Oct high C= 24.1
|Nov high C= 17.5
|Dec high C= 12.3
|year high C=
|Jan mean C= 5.7
|Feb mean C= 6.5
|Mar mean C= 9.3
|Apr mean C= 12.8
|May mean C= 17.2
|Jun mean C= 20.7
|Jul mean C= 23.1
|Aug mean C= 23.1
|Sep mean C= 20.9
|Oct mean C= 17.5
|Nov mean C= 11.8
|Dec mean C= 7.9
|year mean C=
|Jan low C= 1.5
|Feb low C= 2.0
|Mar low C= 4.1
|Apr low C= 6.8
|May low C= 10.0
|Jun low C= 13.8
|Jul low C= 17.0
|Aug low C= 16.8
|Sep low C= 14.1
|Oct low C= 10.9
|Nov low C= 6.1
|Dec low C= 3.4
|year low C=
|Jan record low C= −14.2
|Feb record low C= -12.5
|Mar record low C= -6.7
|Apr record low C= -4.5
|May record low C= -0.2
|Jun record low C= 4.0
|Jul record low C= 7.7
|Aug record low C= 6.7
|Sep record low C= 3.4
|Oct record low C= -2.0
|Nov record low C= -6.1
|Dec record low C= -8.8
|Jan rain mm= 201
|Feb rain mm= 196
|Mar rain mm= 115
|Apr rain mm= 40
|May rain mm= 9.1
|Jun rain mm= 0
|Jul rain mm= 0
|Aug rain mm= 0
|Sep rain mm= 1.9
|Oct rain mm= 22
|Nov rain mm= 86
|Dec rain mm= 159
|unit rain days=0.1 mm
|Jan rain days= 13
|Feb rain days= 13
|Mar rain days= 10
|Apr rain days= 5
|May rain days= 2.0
|Jun rain days= 0.5
|Jul rain days= 0.1
|Aug rain days= 0
|Sep rain days= 0.7
|Oct rain days= 5
|Nov rain days= 8
|Dec rain days= 11
|Jan humidity= 80
|Feb humidity= 79
|Mar humidity= 73
|Apr humidity= 64
|May humidity= 57
|Jun humidity= 57
|Jul humidity= 60
|Aug humidity= 67
|Sep humidity= 65
|Oct humidity= 62
|Nov humidity= 69
|Dec humidity= 78
|year humidity=
|source 1= Israel Meteorological Service{{cite web|url=http://www.ims.gov.il/IMS/CLIMATE/ClimaticAtlas/TempNormals.htm |title=Temperature average |publisher=Israel Meteorological Service |access-date=5 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618145923/http://www.ims.gov.il/IMS/CLIMATE/ClimaticAtlas/TempNormals.htm |archive-date=2013-06-18 |language=he}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ims.gov.il/IMS/CLIMATE/ClimaticAtlas/RainNormals.htm |title=Precipitation average |access-date=5 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925080227/http://www.ims.gov.il/IMS/CLIMATE/ClimaticAtlas/RainNormals.htm |archive-date=25 September 2011 |language=he}}
}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.merom-golan.org.il/ Official website]
{{Golan Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights
Category:Populated places established in 1967
Category:Golan Regional Council
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Category:1967 establishments in the Israeli Military Governorate