Gan Sorek

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 2019 it had a population of 694.[1]

Gan Sorek גַּן שׂוֹרֵק‎
Gan Sorek
Coordinates: 31°56′39.11″N 34°45′35.64″E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gan Raveh
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1950
Founded by	Polish and Romanian immigrants
Population  (2019)[1]	694

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. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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.CS1 maint: others (link)