Yevul

Yevul
יְבוּל
Yevul
Coordinates: 31°11′21.11″N 34°19′9.47″E / 31.1891972°N 34.3192972°E / 31.1891972; 34.3192972Coordinates: 31°11′21.11″N 34°19′9.47″E / 31.1891972°N 34.3192972°E / 31.1891972; 34.3192972
Council Eshkol
Region North-western Negev
Affiliation Agricultural Union
Founded 1981

Yevul (Hebrew: יְבוּל, lit. Crop) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza StripEgypt border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. Founded in 1981 by evacuees from Sinai.[1] in 2006 it had a population of 532.

In 2005, three quarters of the former residents of Netzarim who were evicted from their village due to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan moved to temporary housing in Yevul while permanent housing is to be planned in the area.

References

  1. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 210. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.


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