| Kfar Shmuel כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל | |
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  Kfar Shmuel | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′22″N 34°55′54″E / 31.88944°N 34.93167°E / 31.88944; 34.93167 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gezer |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 4 January 1950 |
| Founded by | Romanian-Jewish immigrants |
| Population | 971 |
Kfar Shmuel (Hebrew: כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל, lit. 'Shmuel Village') is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 971.
History
The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by immigrants from Romania on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Innaba, which was occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.
See also
References
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 384. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
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