Gan HaDarom

Gan HaDarom (Hebrew: גַּן הַדָּרוֹם‎, lit. Garden of the South) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located on the coastal plain near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 636.[1]

Gan HaDarom

גַּן הַדָּרוֹם‎
Gan HaDarom
Gan HaDarom
Coordinates: 31°48′15.12″N 34°42′3.95″E
Countryisrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilGederot
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded1953
Founded byIraqi Jews immigrants
Population
 (2019)[1]
636

History

The moshav was founded in 1953 by Jewish refugees from Iraq on Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.[2]

Gan HaDarom was built the land of the Palestinian village of Isdud, which was depopulated in 1948.[3]

The first settlers in Gan HaDarom lived in a ma'abara in neighboring Gan Yavne until the infrastructure was complete for permanent habitation. In 1957–58, twenty new houses were built, and 15 families who arrived from Poland moved into them.[2]

Most residents of the modern moshav make their living by working in nearby cities Ashdod and Yavneh. The minority who work in agriculture mainly cultivate poultry, citrus, avocado, and other fruit and vegetables.

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 117. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 112, 113. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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