Azaria
| Azaria עֲזַרְיָה | |
|---|---|
  Azaria | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′20.75″N 34°54′35.27″E / 31.8890972°N 34.9097972°ECoordinates: 31°53′20.75″N 34°54′35.27″E / 31.8890972°N 34.9097972°E | |
| Council | Gezer |
| Region | Shephelah |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 30 October 1949 |
| Founded by | Jerusalemites |
| Population (2011) | 1,024[1] |
| Website | www.azarya.org |
Azaria (Hebrew: עֲזַרְיָה), or Azarya is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 1,024.[1]
The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village named Al-Barriyya[2][3] on 30 October 1949 by 25 families from Jerusalem as part of the "From the city to the village" plan. Its name is symbolic, though there a theory that it was named after Azariah of Judah. The symbolic meaning is an acronym from the Hebrew religious sentence: "Immigrants(ole) (of) Zakho(village in Kurdistan) saw(ra'u)(the) salvation(jeshuat) (of the) Lord(HaShem)."[4]
Not to be confused with Azariea, in ancient Sicily.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #26.
- ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 362.
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.91 , ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
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
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
- Official website (Hebrew)
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