Gan Sorek

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Galia
Founded 1950
Founded by Polish and Romanian immigrants
Region Coastal plain
Council Gan Raveh
Affiliation Moshavim Movement

Gan Sorek (Hebrew: גן שורק‎, lit. Sorek Garden) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around four kilometres south-west of Rishon LeZion and covering 700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 326.

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Poland and Romania and named after the nearby Nahal Sorek.[1]

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  1. ^ (2005) Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel, Yuval Elʻazari (ed.), Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing, p. 118. ISBN 9657184347.  (Hebrew)

Coordinates: 31°56′39.11″N 34°45′35.64″E / 31.9441972, 34.7599

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