Sdei Avraham

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Sdei Avraham
שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם‎
سدي أبراهام
Sdei Avraham is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel
Sdei Avraham
Sdei Avraham
Coordinates: 31°12′46″N 34°20′11″E / 31.21278°N 34.33639°E / 31.21278; 34.33639Coordinates: 31°12′46″N 34°20′11″E / 31.21278°N 34.33639°E / 31.21278; 34.33639
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilEshkol
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1981
Population
 (2019)[1]
358

Sdei Avraham (Hebrew: שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם, lit. Avraham Fields) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 358.[1]

History[]

The moshav was founded in 1981 and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת הַדָּרוֹם, lit. Foundations of the South), but was later renamed after Avraham Herzfeld, a leader of Mapai.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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 Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 526. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.CS1 maint: others (link)
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