Afula
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Afula is a city located in the north of the country, in the Jezreel Valley.
The excavations indicate that people lived on this site even 5000 years ago.
In 1799, near Afula, the battle of Napoleon's troops with the Turks took place.
Modern Afula was founded in 1925.
The city is named after the settlement of Ophel, mentioned in Tanakh, which existed at this place during the conquest of Canaan.
Afula received the city status in 1972. Today it is the administrative center of the Jezreel Valley.
There are two industrial zones and the hospital "a-Emek" in the city.
Municipality:
Yehoshua 47
Tel. 04-6520355
The National Insurance Institute of Israel ("Bituah Leumi"):
Menahem 1
Tel. *6050, 12226050
Israeli Employment Service ("Lishkat Taasuka"):
Yerushalayim 4
Tel. 04-6409111
The Ministry of Interior ("Misrad ha-Pnim"):
Yehoshua 1
Tel. 04-6099111
Israel Tax Authority:
"Mas Ahnasa":
Yerushalayim 4
Tel. 04-6529999, 04-6529900, Fax. 04-6528940
Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing:
Tel. 03-7632777, 03-7632806
HaEmek Medical Center
Tel. 04-6494000
City streets and attractions near the city:
Beit She'arim National ParkMegiddo National ParkSepphoris National Park Afula | The distance
(in straight line):
| to Jerusalem - | 92 km | | to Tel Aviv - | 75 km | | to Haifa - | 35 km | | to Beer Sheva - | 157 km |
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