Episode 1 of 2
Founding of Zikhron Ya'akov
- When
- December 1882
- Where
- Sanjak of Akka
100 Jewish pioneers from Romania purchased land in Zammarin and Tantura in December 1882, establishing the settlement in Ottoman Palestine.
The settlement was founded in the Sanjak of Akka, Ottoman Vilayet of Damascus. The pioneers, members of the Hibbat Zion movement, acquired 6,000 dunams in Zammarin and 500 dunams in Tantura, creating one of the first Moshavot in the country.
Sources
- Zikhron Ya'akov Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04
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