Ravid

For the Dungeons & Dragons creature, see Ravid (Dungeons & Dragons).

Ravid
Kibbutz Ravid and Mount Arbel
Ravid
Coordinates: 32°51′2.16″N 35°27′45.71″E / 32.8506000°N 35.4626972°E / 32.8506000; 35.4626972Coordinates: 32°51′2.16″N 35°27′45.71″E / 32.8506000°N 35.4626972°E / 32.8506000; 35.4626972
District	Northern
Council	Emek HaYarden
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1981
Founded by	Demobbed Nahal soldiers
Population (2015)^[1]	93

Ravid (Hebrew: רָבִיד‎, lit. Necklace) is a small kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the west of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 93.

History

The village was first founded in 1981, and was named after a nearby mountain. Attempts at settlement failed twice in the 1980s, but a third attempt by demobilised Nahal soldiers (members of the graduates movement of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed) in 1994 was successful.

References

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

Emek HaYarden Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Afikim Alumot Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud Ashdot Ya'akov Meuhad Beit Zera Degania Alef Degania Bet Ein Gev Ginosar Hukok Kvutzat Kinneret Ma'agan Masada Ravid Sha'ar HaGolan Tel Katzir

Moshavim	Almagor

Other villages	HaOn Kinneret Poria Illit Poria - Kfar Avoda Poria - Neve Oved

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