Azor

Azor (Hebrew: אָזוֹר, Arabic: أزور‎) (also Azur) is a small town (local council) in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the old Jaffa-Jerusalem road southeast of Tel Aviv. Established in 1948 on the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of Yazur, Azor was granted local council status in 1951.[2] In 2018 it had a population of 12,854,[1] and has a jurisdiction of 2,415 dunams (2.415 km2; 0.932 sq mi).[3]

For other uses, see Azor (disambiguation).
Azor

  • אָזוֹר‎
  • أزور‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259ʔazor
Azor
Azor
Coordinates: 32°1′20.03″N 34°48′40.47″E
District Tel Aviv
Founded1948
Government
 • TypeLocal council (from 1951)
 • Head of MunicipalityArie Pechter
Area
 • Total2,415 dunams (2.415 km2 or 597 acres)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total12,854
 • Density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Websitewww.azor.muni.il
Location of Azor in the Tel Aviv District

Etymology

Azor was named for the ancient city of Azur (lit. mighty, heroic), preserved in the name of the Palestinian village of Yazur.[2] The council of the new village named it Mishmar HaShiv'a ('Guardian of the Seven') in honour of seven Jewish soldiers killed near there in 1948, but the government committee in charge of assigning names forced them to change it to Azor on the grounds that preserving Biblical names was more important.[4] However, another new village nearby was later named Mishmar HaShiv'a.[4]

History

See on the page of the preceding Palestinian village, Yazur.

Notable residents

Main sights
  • Azor Museum, archaeological museum

References

Media related to Azor at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Azur (Israel)". Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Azor" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  4. Meron Benvenisti (2002). Sacred Landscape. University of California Press. pp. 32–33.
  5. Raffi Khatchadourian (May 13, 2013). "The Chaos of the Dice". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  6. Don't mess around with me, Haaretz
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