Shtulim
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  Shtulim | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′24.34″N 34°41′1.82″E / 31.7734278°N 34.6838389°ECoordinates: 31°46′24.34″N 34°41′1.82″E / 31.7734278°N 34.6838389°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Founded by | Yemenite immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 1,975 |
| Website | www.shtulim.co.il |
Shtulim (Hebrew: שְׁתוּלִים, lit. Planted) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,975.
History
The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen, with the name taken from a passage in the Book of Psalms 92:13: "They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God."[2][3]
It has been flooded multiple times due to its proximity to two rivers.
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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. 552. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.422, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
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