Amka
Vanished settlement · Israel
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1949
- Population
- 644
- Coordinates
- 32.979, 35.163
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: The moshav, located in the vicinity of Amqa, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1949.
History
Amka, also Amqa, is a moshav in the Matte Asher Regional Council of Israel's Northern District, near Acre. The moshav, located in the vicinity of Amqa, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1949. In 2024, its population was 946.