Ahva, Israel
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Ahva
אַחֲוָה, אחווה أحفا | |
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• official | Ahawa |
Etymology: Brotherhood | |
Coordinates: 31°44′36″N 34°46′9″E / 31.74333°N 34.76917°ECoordinates: 31°44′36″N 34°46′9″E / 31.74333°N 34.76917°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Southern |
Council | Be'er Tuvia |
Founded | 1974 |
Population (2019)[1] | 303 |
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Ahva (Hebrew: אַחֲוָה, Aḥava, lit. Brotherhood) is a village in the northern Negev desert of southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council and had a population of 303 in 2019.[1]
The village was established in 1976 for civil servants of the regional council. It is adjacent to the Ahva Academic College and acts as a service center for the surrounding settlements, including Kfar Ahim, Kfar HaRif, Talmei Yehiel and Yenon.[2]
Ahva was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 26. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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: 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. p. 125. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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