Tziv'on

Tziv'on
Tu BiShvat celebrations in Tziv'on in the 1950s
Tziv'on
Coordinates: 33°1′33.95″N 35°24′57.24″E / 33.0260972°N 35.4159000°E / 33.0260972; 35.4159000Coordinates: 33°1′33.95″N 35°24′57.24″E / 33.0260972°N 35.4159000°E / 33.0260972; 35.4159000
District	Northern
Council	Upper Galilee
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1980
Founded by	Nahal
Population (2015)^[1]	112
Website	www.tzivon.com

Tziv'on (Hebrew: צִבְעוֹן‎, lit. Crayon) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Safed and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 112.

History

The village was established in 1980 as a Nahal settlement, and was civilianised in 1986. It was named after the nearby Tziv'on Stream.

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

Upper Galilee Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Ami'ad Amir Ayelet HaShahar Bar'am Dan Dafna Gadot Gonen HaGoshrim Hulata Kadarim Kfar Blum Kfar Giladi Kfar HaNassi Kfar Szold Lehavot HaBashan Mahanayim Malkia Manara Ma'ayan Barukh Misgav Am Neot Mordechai Sasa Sde Nehemia Shamir Snir Tziv'on Yiftah Yir'on

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