Nahshon
נַחְשׁוֹן | |
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Coordinates: 31°49′49″N 34°57′19″E / 31.83028°N 34.95528°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Jerusalem |
Council | Mateh Yehuda |
Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
Founded | 1950 |
Founded by | Hashomer Hatzair members |
Population (2021) | 603[1] |
Website | www.nachshon.org.il |
Nahshon (Hebrew: נַחְשׁוֹן, lit. Pioneer) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Ayalon Valley to the south-west of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 603.[1]
The village was established in 1950 by immigrant members of Hashomer Hatzair. It was named after Operation Nachshon,[2] which opened up the Jerusalem road during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
After the Six-Day War in 1967, some 80 Egyptian soldiers were buried in a mass-grave in fields tended by kibbutz Nahshon. The field was later turned into a tourist attraction, called "Mini Israel".[3]