Rosh Pinna
Rosh Pina or Rosh Pinna (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, lit. Cornerstone) is a local council in the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel. It was established as Gei Oni in 1878 by local Jews from Safed but was nearly abandoned, except for the families of Yosef Friedman, Aharon Keller, and possibly a few others. In 1882, thirty Jewish families who had immigrated from Romania reestablished the settlement as a moshava called Rosh Pina. The town is one of the oldest Zionist settlements in Israel. In 2021 it had a population of 3,237.
Rosh Pina
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Roˀš Pinna |
| • Also spelled | Rosh Pina (official) Rosh Pinah (unofficial) |
Rosh Pina Rosh Pina | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′12″N 35°32′32″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Moti Hatiel (by 2018 Israeli municipal elections) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,569 dunams (17.569 km2 or 6.783 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 3,237 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Cornerstone |
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