Sde Moshe
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| Sde Moshe | |
| Hebrew | שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה |
| Name meaning | Moshe('s) Field |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Council | Lakhish |
| Region | Hevel Lakhish |
| Coordinates | 31°36′38.16″N 34°48′7.91″E / 31.6106°N 34.8021972°ECoordinates: 31°36′38.16″N 34°48′7.91″E / 31.6106°N 34.8021972°E |
| Population | 423[1] (2008) |
 Sde Moshe
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Sde Moshe (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה מֹשֶׁה, lit. Moshe Field) is a moshav in Hevel Lakhish, about 3 km east of Kiryat Gat, in south-central Israel. It belongs to the Lakhish Regional Council.
Sde Moshe was founded in 1956 as part of a movement from the city to the village, on land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village Iraq al-Manshiyya. It is named after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, whose Hebrew name was Moshe, and who was one of the founders of the Jewish Colonization Association. It was originally named "Sde Yeshayahu."
[edit] References
- ^ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. http://www.cbs.gov.il/ishuvim/ishuv2008/bycode.xls. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
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