{{Short description|Kibbutz in northern Israel}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Afek | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|אֲפֵק}} | image = Afekdiningfar.JPG | image_size= 250px | founded = 1935 (as Plugot HaYam)<br />1938 (as Mishmar HaYam)<br>1947 (current location) | founded_by = United Kibbutz Movement Members | country = {{ISR}} | district = north | region = Zevulun Valley | council = Mateh Asher | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | population={{Israel populations|Afeq}} | popyear={{Israel populations|Year}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} |pushpin_map = Israel northwest#Israel |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |coordinates = {{coord|32|50|19.67|N|35|7|40.8|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }} '''Afek''' ({{langx|he|אֲפֵק}}) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Zevulun Valley in the Western Galilee, near the archaeological site of Tel Afek and the HaKerayot agglomeration, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Asher Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Afeq}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History==
The kibbutz was founded in 1935 as ''Plugat HaYam'' ({{langx|he|פלוגת הים}}, lit. ''Sea Company'') on the dunes near present-day Kiryat Haim, with the goal of getting jobs in the Port of Haifa. In 1938 the kibbutz was moved to the coast in the area of Acre as a "tower and stockade" settlement, and was renamed ''Mishmar HaYam'' ({{langx|he|משמר הים}}, lit. ''Sea Guard''). In 1947 the village moved again to its current location, this time a short distance inland on the same agricultural lands, based on the decision to abandon fishing and concentrate exclusively on agriculture. Its current name is derived from the adjacent Tel Afek, a candidate for one of the biblical Apheks (Joshua 19:30).<ref>Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). ''[https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=93576566#55.2654.6.default Eretz Israel Lexicon]'' (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 54.</ref>
Afek has 200 members and over 450 residents. The kibbutz operates a preschool and primary school that are open to the public. The kibbutz economy is based on crops, orchards, dairy farming, poultry farming, and fish farming. It also has three factories: ''Asiv'' produces fabrics, ''Mego'' medical supplies, and ''Hinnanit'' dolls and clothing accessories. ''Hinnanit'' also exhibits and sells rugs made from the fabric produced on the kibbutz.
<gallery> File:אפק - המגדל והצריפים-JNF029025.jpeg|Kibbutz Afek, 2nd location, 1939 File:משמר הים בעמק זבולון - המגדל וחדר האוכל-JNF029033.jpeg|Afek 1939 File:אפק - מגדל הצופים על שפת ים עכו-JNF009941.jpeg|Afek, 1939 </gallery>
==Notable people== *Avraham Givelber
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Mateh Asher Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Populated places established in 1935 Category:Populated places established in 1938 Category:Populated places established in 1947 Category:1935 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)