Arugot
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Arugot
ערוגות | |
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  Arugot | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′5″N 34°46′15″E / 31.73472°N 34.77083°ECoordinates: 31°44′5″N 34°46′15″E / 31.73472°N 34.77083°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia Regional Council |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Polish and Romanian Jews |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,147 |
Arugot (Hebrew: עֲרוּגוֹת, lit. 'garden terraces or beds'),[2] is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2019 its population was 1,147.[1]
History
The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.[3] Its name was taken from the Book of Ezekiel 17:7.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ arugah. Strong's Concordance via biblehub.com. Retrieved 6 Oct 2021.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Elʻazari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 435. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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- Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
- Moshavim
- Populated places established in 1949
- Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
- 1949 establishments in Israel
- Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
- Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel