Gan Sorek
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| Gan Sorek | |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Polish and Romanian immigrants |
| Council | Gan Raveh |
| Region | Coastal plain |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Gan Sorek (Hebrew: גַּן שׂוֹרֵק, lit. Sorek Garden) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around four kilometres south-west of Rishon LeZion and covering 700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 326.
The moshav was founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin[1] in 1950 by immigrants from Poland and Romania and it is named after the nearby Nahal Sorek.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0887282245, p. 403
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. pp. p. 118. ISBN 9657184347. (Hebrew)
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Coordinates: 31°56′39.11″N 34°45′35.64″E / 31.9441972°N 34.7599°E
