Kidron, Israel
Kidron
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| Coordinates: 31°48′44.28″N 34°48′1.08″E / 31.8123000°N 34.8003000°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Yugoslavian immigrants |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,626 |
| Website | www.kidron.org.il |
Kidron (Template:Lang-he-n) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around 2 km east of Gedera near the Tel Nof Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,626.[1]
History
The moshav was established in 1949 by a group of Jewish immigrants from Yugoslavia. It was named for the Kidron Valley.[2] They were later joined by immigrants from Romania.
It was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Qatra, which became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 471. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 404–5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi, settlement #76. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.