Metula

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Metula is a northern Israeli town known for being the country’s northernmost settlement and a key agricultural and tourism center in the Upper Galilee.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Metula canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in Israel ⓘ
town ⓘ
agriculturalProducts apples ⓘ
nectarines ⓘ
peaches ⓘ
pears ⓘ
areaCode +972-4 ⓘ
borderWith Lebanon ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 33.2806°N 35.5792°E ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
demographics predominantly Jewish population ⓘ
economicActivity fruit orchards ⓘ
guesthouses and rural tourism ⓘ
elevation ≈550 m above sea level ⓘ
founded 1896 ⓘ
foundedBy Baron Edmond James de Rothschild ⓘ
governedAs local council ⓘ
hasMunicipalEmblem coat of arms of Metula ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1949 ⓘ
hasReligiousSite synagogues ⓘ
hasSportsFacility ice rink at Canada Centre ⓘ
indoor sports halls at Canada Centre ⓘ
swimming pools at Canada Centre ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Canada Centre ⓘ
Iyon (Ayun) Valley ⓘ
Nahal Ayun Nature Reserve ⓘ
Tanur Waterfall ⓘ
hasViewOf Mount Hermon region ⓘ
historicalRegion Ottoman Empire (at time of founding) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
being Israel’s northernmost town ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Northern District, Israel ⓘ
Upper Galilee ⓘ
locatedNear Lebanon ⓘ
nameMeaning possibly derived from Aramaic for "lookout" or "tower" ⓘ
nearbyCity Kiryat Shmona ⓘ
nearMilitaryFrontier Israeli–Lebanese border ⓘ
originalLandUse agricultural colony ⓘ
partOf Galilee Panhandle ⓘ
population several thousand inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode 1029200 ⓘ
regionType rural ⓘ
roadAccess Highway 90 ⓘ
timezone Israel Standard Time ⓘ
timezoneDST Israel Daylight Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hula Lake → locatedSouthOf → Metula ⓘ
subject linked to: Hula Lake (Lake Hula)