Ge'a

Ge'a
The moshav synagogue
Ge'a
Coordinates: 31°37′37.19″N 34°36′14.04″E / 31.6269972°N 34.6039000°ECoordinates: 31°37′37.19″N 34°36′14.04″E / 31.6269972°N 34.6039000°E
District	Southern
Council	Hof Ashkelon
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Czechoslovakian and Hungarian immigrants
Population (2015)[1]	929

A playground on the moshav

Ge'a (Hebrew: גֵּיאָה‎) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located three kilometres south-east of Ashkelon near Beit Shikma and Talmei Yafeh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 929.

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and was named after the abandoned Arab village of al-Jiyya, on whose ruins it was built.

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.