# Liman, Israel

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**Liman** (Hebrew: לִימַן) is a [moshav](/source/Moshav) in northern [Israel](/source/Israel). Located in the [Western Galilee](/source/Western_Galilee) about 5 km (3 mi) north of [Nahariya](/source/Nahariya), it falls under the jurisdiction of [Mateh Asher Regional Council](/source/Mateh_Asher_Regional_Council). In it had a population of . Its area is about 2400 [dunams](/source/Dunam) and most residents work in agriculture, including chicken raising.

## History

The village was founded in 1949 by a group of demobilized soldiers on part of the lands of the [depopulated](/source/Depopulated_Palestinian_locations_in_Israel) [Palestinian](/source/Palestinian_people) village of [al-Bassa](/source/Al-Bassa). It was originally called [Tzahal](/source/Tzahal),[1][2] but was later renamed "Liman" to honor the American senator [Herbert H. Lehman](/source/Herbert_H._Lehman).[3]

The Liman Nature Reserve is located about 1 km (1 mi) north of the settlement, an area of about 50 dunams on a section of the gravel ridge that was preserved.

A 3rd century painted tomb from the Roman period was discovered in the fields of Liman in 1994–1995. The tomb contained two skeletons, bottles, coins and pottery.[4]

## References

1. Morris, Benny (2004). [*The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C). Cambridge University Press. p. [xxii](https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR22). ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.

1. Khalidi, Walid (1992). [*All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ). [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.): [Institute for Palestine Studies](/source/Institute_for_Palestine_Studies). p. 9. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

1. Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). *[Eretz Israel Lexicon](https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=93576566#545.9951.6.default)* (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 544-545.

1. [Tombs of the Roman Period at Tell Shubeib](https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23459811.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents)

## External links

- [Liman](http://www.romgalil.org.il/cds/250/) Association for the Development of the Galilee

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