Magen, Israel

Magen מָגֵן

Magen
Coordinates: 31°12′37.08″N 34°27′57.9″E / 31.2103000°N 34.466083°E / 31.2103000; 34.466083Coordinates: 31°12′37.08″N 34°27′57.9″E / 31.2103000°N 34.466083°E / 31.2103000; 34.466083
Council	Eshkol
Region	North-western Negev
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	16 August 1949
Founded by	Romanian immigrants
Website	www.magen.org.il

Magen (Hebrew: מָגֵן, lit. Shield) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert and covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 480.

The kibbutz was established by immigrants from Romania on 16 August 1949. The site was on the remains of Sheikh Nuran, a battlefield during Operation Assaf in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

External links

Official website (Hebrew)

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 Bnei Netzarim Ein HaBesor Dekel Mivtahim Ohad Pri Gan Sde Nitzan Sdei Avraham Talmei Eliyahu Talmei Yosef Yated Yesha Yevul

Other villages	Avshalom Shlomit Tzohar

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 02, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.