Petahya

Petahya
פְּתַחְיָה‬
Petahya
Coordinates: 31°52′2.63″N 34°53′14.28″E / 31.8673972°N 34.8873000°E / 31.8673972; 34.8873000Coordinates: 31°52′2.63″N 34°53′14.28″E / 31.8673972°N 34.8873000°E / 31.8673972; 34.8873000
District Central
Council Gezer
Affiliation HaOved HaTzioni
Founded 1951
Founded by Tunisian immigrants
Population (2017)[1] 850

Petahya (Hebrew: פְּתַחְיָה‬) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Mazkeret Batya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 850.[1]

History

The village was established in 1951 by immigrants from the Tunisian youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni. They were later joined by immigrants from Algeria and India. It was initially named Gezer 10, but later renamed Petahya, a word derived from "a personal name in [the] Bible .. (I Chron. 24:16)".[2][3]

Today most of its residents work in vineyards.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.378, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  3. ↑ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.223
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