Nir Moshe

Moshav in southern Israel

Place in Southern, Israel

Nir Moshe

ניר משה

Etymology: Moshe's Meadow

Nir Moshe

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Coordinates: 31°28′40″N 34°37′52″E﻿ / ﻿31.47778°N 34.63111°E﻿ / 31.47778; 34.63111
Country|  Israel
District| Southern
Council| Merhavim
Affiliation| Moshavim Movement
Founded| 1953
Founded by| City-dwellers
Population

(2022)[1]

| 602
Website| www.nir-moshe.co.il

Nir Moshe (Hebrew: ניר משה, lit. 'Moshe's Meadow') is a moshav in southern Israel with an elevation of 145 m from sea level.[2] Located in the north-western Negev desert, south-east of Sderot with an area of 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 602.[1]

## History

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The moshav was established in 1953 by former city dwellers from Jerusalem, Haifa and Herzliya, and was initially named Shoval Mizrachi 1, before being renamed after Moshe Smiliansky, an author and agronomist.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. ^ "Nir Moshe (Be'er Sheva, Southern District, Israel) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-09-12.

## External links

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