Metula

Metula is a local municipality in the North District of Israel. The municipality governs a land area of 2,000 dunams. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), September 2003 Metula had a population of 1,400, predominantly Jewish. Metula was declared a local municipality in 1949. Also according to the CBS the population over the years was:

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Population

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• 1948 - 172
• 1961 - 261
• 1972 - 333
• 1983 - 589
• 1995 - 942

Metula was founded in 1896 on lands bought by Baron Nathan Rothschild. Its founders were 60 farming families from the more veteran settlements and 20 families of non-farming professions.

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