Sde Nitzan

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Sde Nitzan שְׂדֵה נִצָּן, שדה ניצן
Sde Nitzan
Coordinates: 31°13′45.47″N 34°25′12.35″E / 31.2292972°N 34.4200972°E / 31.2292972; 34.4200972Coordinates: 31°13′45.47″N 34°25′12.35″E / 31.2292972°N 34.4200972°E / 31.2292972; 34.4200972
Council	Eshkol
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1973
Founded by	Immigrants from English speaking countries
Population (2005)	250
Name meaning	Field of Flowers

Pitaya plants in Sde Nitzan, Israel

Sde Nitzan (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה נִצָּן, lit. Field of Flowers) is a moshav located near Beersheba in the northern Negev desert in Israel. Located 12 km east of Kerem Shalom, in 2005 it had a population of about 250. The name is symbolic, and is an approximate translation of the name of a Jewish philanthropist named Bloomfield ("Field of Flowers"). It was established in 1973 by Olim from English speaking countries.^[1]

References

↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 525. ISBN 965-7184-34-7. (Hebrew)

v t e Eshkol Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Be'eri Ein HaShlosha Gvulot Magen Nir Oz Nir Yitzhak Nirim Holit Kerem Shalom Kissufim Re'im Sufa Tze'elim Urim

Moshavim	Ami'oz Ein HaBesor Dekel Mivtahim Ohad Pri Gan Sde Nitzan Sdei Avraham Talmei Eliyahu Talmei Yosef Yated Yesha Yevul

Other locations	Avshalom Shlomit Tzochar

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