Talmei Eliyahu
| Talmei Eliyahu תַּלְמֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ | |
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Village synagogue | |
  Talmei Eliyahu | |
| Coordinates: 31°13′53.76″N 34°25′43.68″E / 31.2316000°N 34.4288000°ECoordinates: 31°13′53.76″N 34°25′43.68″E / 31.2316000°N 34.4288000°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Eshkol |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founded by | French immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 303 |
Talmei Eliyahu (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ, lit. Eliyahu Furrows) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 303.
History
The moshav was founded in 1970 by immigrants from France and was named after Eliyahu Krauze, a former head of the Mikveh Israel agricultural school. It was founded as a collective moshav and became a workers' moshav in 1974.[2]
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 570. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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