Afula

Also known as al-ʿAfūla, Capital of the Valley

thumb|right|The historic train station of Afula in 2006

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Place details

Locality: עפולה
Region: מחוז הצפון
Country: ישראל
Population: 44,930
Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Afula
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Coat of arms of Afula.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Coat of arms
Settlement.pushpin_map: Israel jezreel#Israel
Settlement.grid_name: Grid position
Settlement.grid_position: 177/224 PAL
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northern
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1900 BCE (Canaanite settlement)7th century (Samaritan town)14th century (Arab village)1925–present (Jewish village/city)
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Avi Elkabetz
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam
Settlement.population_total: 64452
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Ethnicity

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Wikidata facts

Official name: العفولة
Population: 51700
Area: 26.909
Elevation: 60
Official website: govextra.gov.il/moia/afula-lang/afula-en
Image: Afula city hall.jpg

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Commons category: Afula
postal code: 18106
inception: 1925-00-00
P12749: May 23
native label: العفولة

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Travel guide

Understand

Dating back at least since the 11th century, but possible several thousand more years. Afula remained a small village but became somewhat of a logistics node when the Jezreel Valley railway was inaugurated in 1904. The whole town was bought in 1925 by American Zionist Commonwealth as part of the Sursock Purchase, the largest Jewish land acquisition during Mandatory Palestine. About one hundred Arab families who had lived in the area either accepted compensation for their land and left voluntarily or were evicted. In the following decades Afula saw a large influx of Jewish immigrants and it has grown into a modern and well-developed town, however lacking in tourist sights.

Eat

Spoons - coffee shop. Located at the center of the city, Near Karmel Hotel. * Aroma Espresso Bar - There are two branches of this chain in Afula. One is at the center of the city by the end of Arlosoroff Boulevard (Near the city hall), the second is located inside the G-Ba'Emek open mall (on the road from Afula to Tiberias).[http://www.aroma.us/info_page.php?id=3 More information about Aroma Esspreso Bar. Also inside G-Ba'Emek you will find branches of BBB Burgers Bar, Cafe Greg and other coffee shops and restaurants.

Go next

Tel Megiddo is located nearby (10 minutes drive) in the Jezreel Valley. Mount Tabor is a natural site and Christian holy place in the Lower Galilee.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

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Contents

Etymology
History
Bronze Age to Byzantine period
Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk periods
Late Ottoman period
First World War
British Mandate
Jewish Afula (est. 1925)
State of Israel
Railroad (1948-49; 2010s)
Terror attacks (1990s-2000s)
2006 Lebanon War
Recent development plans
"Afula as a Jewish-only city" grassroots campaigns
Demographics
Climate
Economy
Education and culture
Health care
Sports
Twin towns
Notable people
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|right|The historic train station of Afula in 2006

Afula () is a city in the Northern District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley" due to its strategic location in the Jezreel Valley. In the city had a population of 64,452.