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Moshav in southern Israel This article is about the moshav. For the wadi (river), see List of rivers of Israel. Place in Israel
Arugot ערוגות
Arugot is located in Ashkelon region of IsraelArugotArugot
Coordinates: 31°44′5″N 34°46′15″E / 31.73472°N 34.77083°E / 31.73472; 34.77083
CountryIsrael
CouncilBe'er Tuvia Regional Council
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
Founded byPolish and Romanian Jews
Population1,154

Arugot (Hebrew: עֲרוּגוֹת, lit. 'garden terraces or beds'), is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 1,154.

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina. Its name was taken from the Book of Ezekiel 17:7.

References

  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. arugah. Strong's Concordance via biblehub.com. Retrieved 6 Oct 2021.
  3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  4. Elʻazari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 435. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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