Nir Etzion
נִיר עֶצִיוֹן‎
Etymology: Etzion Meadow
Nir Etzion is located in Haifa region of Israel
Nir Etzion
Nir Etzion
Coordinates: 32°41′52″N 34°59′37″E / 32.69778°N 34.99361°E / 32.69778; 34.99361
CountryIsrael
DistrictHaifa
CouncilHof HaCarmel
AffiliationReligious Kibbutz Movement
Founded1950
Founded byRefugees and Holocaust survivors
Population
 (2021)[1]
972
Websitewww.nirezion.com

Nir Etzion (Hebrew: נִיר עֶצִיוֹן, lit. 'Etzion Meadow') is a religious moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Ein Hod and Ein Hawd near Atlit, at the foot of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 972.[1]

History

The village was established in 1950 as a kibbutz by refugees from Kfar Etzion and Be'erot Yitzhak (which had been captured by the Jordanian and Egyptian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War) as well as Holocaust survivors and members of the Ahdut and Tikva kvutzot on land that had belonged to the newly depopulated Palestinian village Ayn Hawd.[2] It was affiliated with Hapoel HaMizrachi.[3]

In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 151. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ a b Nir Etzion - from kibbutz to moshav Davar, 8 June 1953

External links

Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
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