Gan Sorek

Gan Sorek
גַּן שׂוֹרֵק
Gan Sorek is located in Central Israel
Gan Sorek
Gan Sorek
Coordinates: 31°56′39″N 34°45′36″E / 31.94417°N 34.76000°E / 31.94417; 34.76000
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilGan Raveh
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1950
Founded byPolish and Romanian Jews
Population
 (2022)[1]
703

Gan Sorek (Hebrew: גַּן שׂוֹרֵק, lit.'Sorek Garden') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain around four kilometres south-west of Rishon LeZion and covering 700 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 703.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Nabi Rubin, and was named after the nearby Nahal Sorek.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 403. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 118. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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