Gizo
גיזו جيزو | |
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Coordinates: 31°48′20″N 34°56′22″E / 31.80556°N 34.93944°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Jerusalem |
Council | Mateh Yehuda |
Founded | 1960 |
Founded by | Jewish Agency |
Population (2022)[1] | 207 |
Gizo (Hebrew: גִּיזוֹ) is a community settlement in central Israel, northwest of Beit Shemesh, under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 207.[1]
The village was established in 1960 by the Jewish Agency as a place of residence for teachers of the Gizo Regional Council school, and was named after the nearby biblical city of Gizo (1 Chronicles 11:34).[2] It is on the former lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Jiz,[3] whose name also possibly referred to Gizo.[2]