Arugot
| Arugot | |
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  Arugot | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′4.92″N 34°46′14.51″E / 31.7347000°N 34.7706972°ECoordinates: 31°44′4.92″N 34°46′14.51″E / 31.7347000°N 34.7706972°E | |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia Regional Council |
| Region | South-central Israel |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Polish and Romanian immigrants |
| Population (2011) | 1,064[1] |
Arugot (Hebrew: עֲרוּגוֹת, lit. Flowerbeds) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 1,064.[1]
The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina[2] and took its name from Chapter 17, verse 7 of the Book of Ezekiel.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 131
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 435. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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