Tzafria

Tzafria
Tzafria
Coordinates: 32°0′11.51″N 34°51′20.88″E / 32.0031972°N 34.8558000°E / 32.0031972; 34.8558000Coordinates: 32°0′11.51″N 34°51′20.88″E / 32.0031972°N 34.8558000°E / 32.0031972; 34.8558000
District Central
Council Lod Valley
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded 1949
Founded by Czechoslovakian and
Hungarian immigrants
Population (2017)[1] 912

Tzafria (Hebrew: צַפְרִיָּה‬, Arabic: تسبارياه‎) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lod Valley Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 912.[1]

History

The village was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Safiriyya.[2] Its name is derived from that village and was initially called Safria Alef and then Kfar Tzafria before adopting its current name.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 253. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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