Kfar Shmuel
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Kfar Shmuel
כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל | |
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  Kfar Shmuel | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′22″N 34°55′54″E / 31.88944°N 34.93167°ECoordinates: 31°53′22″N 34°55′54″E / 31.88944°N 34.93167°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gezer |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 4 January 1950 |
| Founded by | Romanian-Jewish immigrants |
| Population (2019)[1] | 956 |
Kfar Shmuel (Hebrew: כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל, lit. Shmuel Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2019, it had a population of 956.[1]
History
The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by immigrants from Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Innaba,[2] which was occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 384. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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