Ahva, Israel

Ahva
אַחֲוָה, אחווה‬
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • official Ahawa
Ahva
Coordinates: 31°44′36.36″N 34°46′8.99″E / 31.7434333°N 34.7691639°E / 31.7434333; 34.7691639Coordinates: 31°44′36.36″N 34°46′8.99″E / 31.7434333°N 34.7691639°E / 31.7434333; 34.7691639
District Southern
Council Be'er Tuvia
Founded 1974
Population (2017)[1] 293
Name meaning Brotherhood

Ahva (Hebrew: אַחֲוָה‬, Aḥava, lit. Brotherhood) is a village in the northern Negev desert of southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council and had a population of 293 in 2017.[1]

The village was established in 1976 for civil servants of the regional council. It is adjacent to the Ahva Academic College and acts as a service center for the surrounding settlements, including Kfar Ahim, Kfar HaRif, Talmei Yehiel and Yenon.[2]

Ahva was founded on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 26. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 125. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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