Nir Moshe

Moshav in southern Israel

Place in Southern, Israel

Nir Moshe ניר משה

31°28′40″N 34°37′52″E / 31.47778°N 34.63111°E / 31.47778; 34.63111
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Merhavim
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1953
Founded by	City-dwellers
Population (2022)^[1]	602
Website	www.nir-moshe.co.il

Nir Moshe (Hebrew: נִיר מֹשֶׁה, lit. 'Moshe's Meadow') is a moshav in southern Israel with an elevation of 145 m from sea level.^[2] Located in the north-western Negev south-east of Sderot with an area of 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 602.^[1]

History

The moshav was established in 1953 by former city dwellers from Jerusalem, Haifa and Herzliya, and was initially named Shoval Mizrachi 1, before being renamed after Moshe Smiliansky, an author and agronomist.

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "Nir Moshe (Be'er Sheva, Southern District, Israel) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-09-12.