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| | Hule Plain, Israel |
 | | 1940 saw the establishment, 6km/4mi southeast of Qiryat Shemona, of the villages of Amir and Sede Nehemya, near which the rivers Hazbani, Dan and Banyas join to form the Jordan, and of Bet Hillel, 4km/2.5mi east of Qiryat Shemona. |
 | | They were followed in 1946 by Ne'ol Mordekhay, 8km/5mi south of Qiryat Shemona, and in 1948 by Hagoshrim, 5km/3mi east of Qiryat Shemona on the northern edge of the Hule plain. |
 | | On the northwestern edge of the Hule plain is Qiryat Shemona, now a town with a population of 15,500, which was founded in 1949 on the site of an abandoned Arab village as a camp for new immigrants. |
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