Kfar Bilu

Kfar Bilu
כְּפַר בִּיל"וּ
Kfar Bilu
Coordinates: 31°52′16.32″N 34°49′43.31″E / 31.8712000°N 34.8286972°E / 31.8712000; 34.8286972Coordinates: 31°52′16.32″N 34°49′43.31″E / 31.8712000°N 34.8286972°E / 31.8712000; 34.8286972
District Central
Council Gezer
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1932
Founded by "Company of the South"
Population (2015)[1] 1,254

Kfar Bilu (Hebrew: כְּפַר בִּיל"וּ, lit. Bilu Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Rehovot and Kiryat Ekron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,254.

History

The moshav was founded in 1932 as part of the Settlement of the Thousand plan by a group of workers known as the "Company of the South" (Hebrew: חבורת הדרום, Havurot HaDarom), who had been preparing in Rehovot. Its name commemorated fifty years since the first aliyah of Bilu members.

References

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