District Southern Affiliation Moshavim Movement Founded 1953 | Council Merhavim Population (2015) 702 Local time Tuesday 6:12 AM | |
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Nir akiva
Nir Akiva (Hebrew: נִיר עֲקִיבָא, lit. Akiva's Meadow) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev near Netivot and Nir Moshe and covering 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 702.
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Map of Nir Akiva, Israel
History
The moshav was established in 1953 on land that had belonged to the Arab village of Kawfakha. It was named after Akiva Etinger, a chief of the Settlement Department in the Jewish Agency. In the late 1970s Amir Peretz was a member of the moshav.
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Nir Akiva Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA