page_title: Zikhron Ya'akov
hierarchical_section_title: Zikhron Ya'akov
caption_attribution_description: 1890s. Winemaking barrel shop in w:Zikhron Yaakov
context_page_description: Zikhron Ya'akov is a town in Israel, 35 kilometres south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near the coastal highway. It was one of the first Jewish settlements of Halutzim in the country, founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild and named in honor of his father, James Mayer de Rothschild. In 2019 it had a population of 23,206.
context_section_description: Zikhron Ya'akov (Hebrew: זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב‎, lit. "Jacob's Memorial"; often shortened to just Zikhron) is a town in Israel, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near the coastal highway (Highway 2). It was one of the first Jewish settlements of Halutzim in the country, founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild and named in honor of his father, James Mayer de Rothschild. In 2019 it had a population of 23,206.
caption: Building wine barrels, 1890s
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