Ein Vered

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Ein Vered
Founded 1930
Founded by Tel Aviv residents
Council Lev HaSharon
Region Sharon plain
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Coordinates 32°15′55.8″N 34°56′0.23″E / 32.2655°N 34.9333972°E / 32.2655; 34.9333972Coordinates: 32°15′55.8″N 34°56′0.23″E / 32.2655°N 34.9333972°E / 32.2655; 34.9333972
Ein Vered is located in Israel
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Ein Vered
Website www.ein-vered.com
Community meeting hall, Ein Vered

Ein Vered (Hebrew: עֵין וֶרֶד‎‎, lit. Rose Spring) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 1,200.

Ein Vered was established in the southern Sharon in 1930, by South African Jewry on land redeemed by the Jewish National Fund.[1] It was originally an intensive farming community.[1] In 1947 it had a population of 450.[1]

Citrus groves, field crops, beehives and flowers were the principal branches of agriculture.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. pp. 40. 
  2. ^ Farming history blooms in May

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