Nahala, Israel

Moshav in southern Israel

Place in Southern, Israel

Nahala 31°39′33″N 34°47′39″E / 31.65917°N 34.79417°E / 31.65917; 34.79417
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Yoav
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1953
Population (2022)^[1]	725

Nahala (Hebrew: נַחֲלָה, lit. Estate) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located a few kilometers north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi., it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 725.^[1]

History

The community was founded in 1953 by Yemeni Jewish refugees on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Summil.^[2] The founders had originally established moshav Agur in 1950.^[3] Along with the neighboring Menuha, it was named for the Menuha VeNahala (Hebrew: מנוחה ונחלה) organization that founded Rehovot.^{[citation needed]}

References

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^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 137. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
^ Agur Homee