Rosh Pinna
Rosh Pinna
ראש פינה | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Roˀš Pinna |
| • Also spelled | Rosh Pina (official) Rosh Pinah (unofficial) |
View of Rosh Pinna | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′12″N 35°32′32″E / 32.97000°N 35.54222°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Safed |
| 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 (2022) | |
• Total | 3,308 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Cornerstone |
Rosh Pinna (Hebrew: ראש פינה, lit. 'Cornerstone') or Rosh Pina, is a town 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 Tzfat 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 emigrated from Romania reestablished the settlement as a moshava called Rosh Pina. The town is one of the oldest Zionist settlements in Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 3,308.