# Harashim
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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Harashim
|image = File:תצלום אוירי מקורי של חרשים.jpg
| foundation = 1980
| founded_by =
| district = north
| council = [Misgav](/source/Misgav_Regional_Council)
| affiliation =
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Harashim}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map =Israel northwest | pushpin_mapsize =250
|coordinates = {{coord|32|57|23|N|35|19|42|E|display=inline,title}}
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'''Harashim''' ({{langx|he|חֲרָשִׁים||Craftsmen}}) is a [community settlement](/source/community_settlement_(Israel)) in northern [Israel](/source/Israel). Located in the [Upper Galilee](/source/Upper_Galilee) to the north of [Karmiel](/source/Karmiel), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Misgav Regional Council](/source/Misgav_Regional_Council). In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Harashim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}} Its elevation is {{convert|830|m|2|abbr=on}}.[{{cite web|url=https://ims.gov.il/en/node/141 |title=Harashim|publisher=[Israel Meteorological Service](/source/Israel_Meteorological_Service)|accessdate=6 May 2021}}] Harashim is the wettest inhabited place in Israel.[{{cite web |author=David Ratner |date=6 January 2005 |title=The Wettest Place in Israel |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2005-01-06/ty-article/the-wettest-place-in-israel/0000017f-ef1b-d4cd-af7f-ef7bd8bc0000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240307063044/https://www.haaretz.com/2005-01-06/ty-article/the-wettest-place-in-israel/0000017f-ef1b-d4cd-af7f-ef7bd8bc0000 |archive-date=7 March 2024 |access-date=6 May 2021 |publisher=[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)}}]
==History==
The village was established in 1980 as part of the [Galilee](/source/Galilee) lookout plan to [encourage Jewish settlement](/source/Judaization_of_the_Galilee) in the region. Its name is derived from nearby Tel Harashim, an [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) Jewish village where it is believed the inhabitants worked as [blacksmith](/source/blacksmith)s.[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xrav1ge-A_sC&dq=tel+harashim&pg=PA31 |title=Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus: A Re-examination of the Evidence|author=Jonathan L. Reed|publisher=[Trinity Press International](/source/Trinity_Press_International)|date=2000|isbn=9781563383946|accessdate=6 May 2021}}]
==Geography==
===Climate===
Harashim has a [Mediterranean climate](/source/Mediterranean_climate) ([Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): ''Csa'') with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy and occasionally snowy winters. The village receives {{convert|986.8|mm|0|abbr=on}} of precipitation per year. Summers are rainless and hot with an average high temperature of {{convert|29|°C|0|abbr=on}} and an average low temperature of {{convert|18|°C|0|abbr=on}}. Winters are cool and wet, and precipitation is occasionally in the form of snow. Winters have an average high temperature of {{convert|12|°C|0|abbr=on}} and an average low temperature of {{convert|5|°C|0|abbr=on}}. Harashim is the wettest inhabited place in Israel.[{{cite web|url=http://www.ims.gov.il/IMS/CLIMATE/ClimaticAtlas/TempNormals.htm|title=Temperature average|publisher=[Israel Meteorological Service](/source/Israel_Meteorological_Service) | accessdate=11 December 2011|language=he}}][{{cite web
|url=http://www.ims.gov.il/IMS/CLIMATE/ClimaticAtlas/RainNormals.htm |title=Precipitation average| publisher=[Israel Meteorological Service](/source/Israel_Meteorological_Service)|accessdate= 12 July 2011|language=he}}]
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Misgav Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places established in 1980
Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)
Category:1980 establishments in Israel
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