Sde Eliezer
| Sde Eliezer שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר | |
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  Sde Eliezer | |
| Coordinates: 33°2′42.72″N 35°33′50.4″E / 33.0452000°N 35.564000°ECoordinates: 33°2′42.72″N 35°33′50.4″E / 33.0452000°N 35.564000°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Mevo'ot HaHermon |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Population (2015)[1] | 811 |
Sde Eliezer (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה אֱלִיעֶזֶר, lit. Eliezer's Field) is a moshav in northern Israel. Locted in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 811.
History
Sde Eliezer was founded in 1950 by residents of Yesod HaMa'ala and Kiryat Shmona. Immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland and Romania also settled there. The moshav was named for Robert (Eliezer) Rothschild, grandson of Edmond de Rothschild, founder of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), which purchased the land from Arab landowners.[2]
Notable residents
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ About Moshav Sde Eliezer
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