Editing Zikhron Ya'akov (section)

{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Zikhron Ya'akov
| native_name            = {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|זכרון יעקב}}|rtl=yes}}
| settlement_type        = [[Local council (Israel)|Local council]] 
| translit_lang1         = Hebrew
| translit_lang1_type1   = [[ISO 259]]
| translit_lang1_info1   = Zichron Yaˁaqob
| translit_lang1_type3   = Also spelled
| translit_lang1_info3   = {{br separated entries|Zichron Ya'aqov (official)| Zichron Yaakov (unofficial) }}
| image_skyline          = PikiWiki Israel 73640 glider photo of zichron yaacov.jpg
| image_caption          = View of Zikhron Ya'akov
| image_blank_emblem     = Coat of arms of Zihron Yakov.svg
| blank_emblem_type      = Coat of arms
| pushpin_map_alt        = 
| pushpin_map            = Israel haifa#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize        = 
| pushpin_label_position = 
| pushpin_map_caption    = 
| coordinates            = {{coord|32|34|15|N|34|57|06|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name       = 
{{ISR}}
| subdivision_type1      = 
| subdivision_name1      = 
| subdivision_type2      = [[Districts of Israel|District]]
| subdivision_name2      = {{flag|Haifa District|name=Haifa}}
| subdivision_type3      = Subdistrict
| subdivision_name3      = [[Hadera Subdistrict|Hadera]]
| established_title      = Founded
| established_date       = {{Start date and age|1882}}
| leader_title           = Head of Municipality
| leader_name            = Eli Abutbul
| unit_pref              = h
| area_total_dunam       = {{formatnum:32129|R}}
| population_footnotes   = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| population_total       = {{Israel populations|Zikhron Ya'aqov}}
| population_as_of       = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| blank_name_sec1        = Name meaning
| blank_info_sec1        = Jacob's Memorial
| website = [http://www.zy1882.co.il/ www.zy1882.co.il]
}}
'''Zikhron Ya'akov''' ({{langx|he|זכרון יעקב||Jacob's Memorial|}}) often shortened to just '''Zikhron''', is a [[local council (Israel)|town]] in northern [[Israel]], {{convert|35|km|mi}} south of the city of [[Haifa]], and part of the [[Haifa District]]. It is located at the southern end of the [[Mount Carmel|Carmel mountain range]] overlooking the [[Mediterranean Sea]], near the coastal highway ([[Highway 2 (Israel)|Highway 2]]).

It was one of the first [[Moshava|Moshavot]] of [[First Aliyah|Halutz]]im in the country, founded in 1882 by Romanian Jews, who in 1883 received support from [[Edmond James de Rothschild|Baron Edmond James de Rothschild]] and renamed their town in honor of his father, [[James Mayer de Rothschild]] ("James" being derived from the Hebrew name Ya'akov, Jacob).<ref name="love">{{cite web |url=http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/lland092.htm |title=Zichron Yaakov |access-date=2008-01-26}}</ref> In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Zikhron Ya'aqov}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}