Dalton
Dalton is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants from Tripoli in Libya in 1950 under the leadership of Hapoel HaMizrachi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 850 residents
- Description: moshav near Safed in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Dalton, Israel”, “Daltoun”, and “Shahar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dallata and Biria Fortress.
Dallata
Ruins
Dallata was an Arab village, located on a hilltop 6 kilometers north of Safad. Constructed upon an ancient site, it was known to the Crusaders as Deleha.
Biria Fortress
Photo: Tomer hu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birya Fortress is a fortress built by the Jewish Palmach paramilitary during the British Mandate near the Jewish village of Birya and the Arab village of Biriyya. In 1946 the Birya affair took place here. Today the fortress operates as a museum. Biria Fortress is situated 3½ km southeast of Dalton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaddita and Kerem Ben Zimra.
Kaddita
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kadita is an unrecognised community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 174.
Kerem Ben Zimra
Village
Kerem Ben Zimra is a moshav in northern Israel. Near Safed in the Upper Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 621. Kerem Ben Zimra is situated 3 km northwest of Dalton.
Rehaniya
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rehaniya, also spelled Reihaniyye, is a Circassian town in northern Israel. It is one of the only two Circassian towns in Israel, the other being Kfar Kama. Rehaniya is situated 3½ km north of Dalton.
Dalton
- Categories: moshav, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.01667° or 33° 1′ northLongitude
35.48919° or 35° 29′ 21″ eastPopulation
850Elevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)Inception
1950Open location code
8G5Q2F8Q+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 278473124OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Dalton” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Dalton”
- Dutch: “Dalton”
- Finnish: “Dalton”
- French: “Dalton”
- Hebrew: “דלתון”
- Irish: “Dalton”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dalton i Israel”
- Polish: “Dalton”
- Spanish: “Dalton Israel”
- Spanish: “Dalton”
- Turkish: “Dalton”
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