Urim, Israel

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Urim
אוּרִים‎
أوريم
Kibbutz dining room
Kibbutz dining room
Urim is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel
Urim
Urim
Coordinates: 31°18′15″N 34°31′25″E / 31.30417°N 34.52361°E / 31.30417; 34.52361Coordinates: 31°18′15″N 34°31′25″E / 31.30417°N 34.52361°E / 31.30417; 34.52361
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilEshkol
AffiliationKibbutz Movement
Founded6 October 1946
Founded byBulgarian Jews
Population
 (2019)[1]
502

Urim (Hebrew: אוּרִים‎, lit. Lights) is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near the border of the Gaza Strip and about 30 kilometers west of Beersheba, the kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 502.[1]

History[]

Urim was established in 1948, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Al-Imara. Al-Imara became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and Urim was established about 1 km south of the village site.[2]

The community was founded in Ra'anana in 1945 by Bulgarian immigrants from the Gordonia and groups, but most of the later settlement came from North Americans from Habonim. The kibbutz itself was settled on 6 October 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 73. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

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