Azaria

Azaria
עֲזַרְיָה‎
Azaria
Coordinates: 31°53′20.75″N 34°54′35.27″E / 31.8890972°N 34.9097972°E / 31.8890972; 34.9097972Coordinates: 31°53′20.75″N 34°54′35.27″E / 31.8890972°N 34.9097972°E / 31.8890972; 34.9097972
District Central
Council Gezer
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 30 October 1949
Founded by Jerusalemites
Population (2015)[1] 1,193
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 2015 it had a population of 1,193.[1]

Etymology

Its name is symbolic, though there is 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)."[2]

History

The moshav was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Barriyya on 30 October 1949 by 25 families from Jerusalem as part of the "From the city to the village" plan.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 362. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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