Bar Giora
For the Jewish self-defense organization, see Bar-Giora (organization).
| Bar Giora | |
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  Bar Giora | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′46.2″N 35°4′19.55″E / 31.729500°N 35.0720972°ECoordinates: 31°43′46.2″N 35°4′19.55″E / 31.729500°N 35.0720972°E | |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Founded | 18 October 1950 |
| Founded by | Yemenite Jews |
| Population (2014)[1] | 623 |
Bar Giora (Hebrew: בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא) is a moshav in the Judean Mountains in Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 623.
History
The village was founded on 18 October 1950 by immigrants from Yemen and was named after Simon Bar Giora. Initially a work camp named Eitanim, it became a moshav in 1954. It was established on land belonging to the Arab village of Allar, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It is situated northeast of the Allar village site.[2]
References
- ↑ 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 266, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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