Kfar HaNagid

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Kfar HaNagid
Founded 1949
Founded by Bulgarian immigrants
Region Coastal plain
Council Gan Raveh
Affiliation Moshavim Movement

Kfar HaNagid (Hebrew: כפר הנגיד‎, lit. Village of the Prince), is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around 20 km south of Tel Aviv and north of Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 958.

The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants from Bulgaria. Founded on part of the abandoned Arab village of Yibna, it was named after Samuel HaNagid.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (2005) Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel, Yuval Elʻazari (ed.), Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing, p. 284. ISBN 9657184347.  (Hebrew)

Coordinates: 31°53′13.56″N 34°44′56.75″E / 31.8871, 34.7490972

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