Kfar Aviv
| Kfar Aviv כְּפַר אָבִיב | |
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  Kfar Aviv | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′53.03″N 34°43′17.39″E / 31.8313972°N 34.7214972°ECoordinates: 31°49′53.03″N 34°43′17.39″E / 31.8313972°N 34.7214972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gederot |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founded by | Egyptian immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 804 |
Kfar Aviv (Hebrew: כְּפַר אָבִיב, lit. Village of Spring) is a moshav in the South District of Israel, near Ashdod. It belongs to the Gederot Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 804.
History
Kfar Aviv was founded in 1952 by the Jewish Agency and was intended to absorb immigrants from Egypt. Its original name was Kfar HaYeor (Hebrew: כפר היאור; lit. Village of the Nile). The name "Kfar Aviv" was given as a reference to the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, which occurred in spring as recorded in the Torah (Exodus 34:18). As time passed, the village absorbed families from Poland.[2]
The land area used for farming covers about 2,000 dunams. Most inhabitants of the village work elsewhere.[3]
References
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- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 282. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ↑ "Kfar Aviv". Gderot.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-06-08.
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