Arugot
Arugot
ערוגות عروغوت / عروجوت | |
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  Arugot | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2022)[1] | 1,154 |
- This article is about the mosha. For the wadi (river), see List of rivers of Israel
Arugot (Template:Lang-he, lit. Flowerbeds) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 1,154.[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.[2] Its name was taken from Chapter 17, verse 7 of the Book of Ezekiel[clarification needed] (Ezekiel 7:12Template:Bibleverse with invalid book).[3]
References
- ^ 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. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 435. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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