page_title: Hukok
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hukok / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Architecture of Israel עברית: מצדת הפלמ&quot;ח, המבנה הראשון בהאחזות חוקוק, בשלג 1950, Original Image Name:מצודת חוקוק בשלג, נוסח הקרדיט:ארכיון קיבוץ חוקוק, Location:קיבוץ חוקוק
context_page_description: Hukok is a kibbutz in Israel. Located near the Sea of Galilee and the cities of Tiberias and Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 587.
context_section_description: In 1945, the Hukok fortress was built by Solel Boneh as a strategic settlement post and named after a biblical village (Joshua 19:34) in the north of Israel.  After the 1948 war, the fortress was used as an absorption center for new immigrants.
  The kibbutz was established in 1946 by graduates of the Mikveh Israel agricultural school and members of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement. It was near the Palestinian village of Yaquq and the site of the ancient village of Huqoq which was the supposed burial place of the prophet Habakkuk. Yaquq was later depopulated in 1948.
  In 2002–03, as part of a nationwide program, the kibbutz took in 76 immigrants (22 families) from Latin America, of whom  58 remained.
caption: Hukok, ca. 1950
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