Beit Hilkia
Beit Hilkia (Hebrew: בֵּית חִלְקִיָּה, lit. House of Hilkia) is a Haredi moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Nahal Sorek Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,248.[1]
Beit Hilkia
בֵּית חִלְקִיָּה | |
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| Coordinates: 31°47′26.88″N 34°48′43.91″E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Nahal Sorek |
| Affiliation | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founded by | Former Jerusalem and ma'abarot residents |
| Population (2019)[1] | 1,248 |
History
The village was established in 1953 by former residents of Jerusalem and ma'abarot who wanted to combine a Haredi and agricultural lifestyle. It is named after Hilkia, the father of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1).[2][3][4]
It was established on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Mukhayzin.[5]
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Carta (1993). Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land (3rd ed.). Carta. p. 111. ISBN 965-220-186-3.
- Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, p256
- Bitan, Channah (1999). חמישים שנות התיישבות : אטלס שמות היישובים והמקומות בישראל [Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut:' Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel] (in Hebrew). Carta. p. 10. ISBN 9789652204233.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 398, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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