Ahi'ezer
Ahi'ezer
אחיעזר أحيعيزر | |
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  Ahi'ezer | |
| Coordinates: 31°58′48″N 34°52′20″E / 31.98000°N 34.87222°ECoordinates: 31°58′48″N 34°52′20″E / 31.98000°N 34.87222°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| Council | Sdot Dan |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 27 June 1950 |
| Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,906 |
Ahi'ezer (Hebrew: אֲחִיעֶזֶר) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,906.[1]
History
During the Ottoman period, the area of Ahi'ezer belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.[2]
The village was founded on 27 June 1950 by immigrants from Al Bayda' in Yemen. It was named for the biblical figure Ahiezer,[3][4][5] who was the chief of the tribe of Dan which previously lived in the area (Numbers 1:12; 10:25).
The moshav was established on the agricultural lands of the Palestinian village of Al-Safiriyya.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022). "Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period". Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod. 8: 103–136.
- ^ Carta (1993). Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Carta. p. 72. ISBN 965-220-186-3.
- ^ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, p11
- ^ Bitan, Channah (1999). חמישים שנות התיישבות : אטלס שמות היישובים והמקומות בישראל [Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut:' Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel] (in Hebrew). Carta. p. 4. ISBN 9789652204233.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 253. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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