Elishama, Israel

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Elishama אֱלִישָׁמָע

Elishama
Coordinates: 32°9′9.72″N 34°55′44.4″E / 32.1527000°N 34.929000°E / 32.1527000; 34.929000Coordinates: 32°9′9.72″N 34°55′44.4″E / 32.1527000°N 34.929000°E / 32.1527000; 34.929000
District	Center
Council	Drom HaSharon
Region	Sharon plain
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1950
Founded by	Libyan immigrants
Population (2011)	1,152^[1]

Elishama (Hebrew: אֱלִישָׁמָע) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Hod HaSharon and Kfar Saba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 1152.^[1]

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Tripoli in Libya, and it was named after Biblical Elishama Ben Ammihud, a leader of the Tribe of Ephraim (Numbers 10:22).

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↑ 1.0 1.1 "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.

v t e Drom HaSharon Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Einat Eyal Givat HaShlosha Horashim Nahshonim Nir Eliyahu Ramat HaKovesh

Moshavim	Adanim Elishama Gan Haim Ganei Am Gat Rimon Givat Hen Hagor Kfar Ma'as Kfar Malal Kfar Sirkin Magshimim Neve Yamin Neve Yarak Sde Warburg Sdei Hemed Tzofit Tzur Natan Yarhiv Yarkona

Communal settlements	Matan Nirit Tzur Yitzhak

Other locations	Beit Berl Ramot HaShavim

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