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Pri Gan

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District
  
Southern

Affiliation
  
HaOved HaTzioni

Founded by
  
Evacuated settlers

Local time
  
Sunday 7:53 PM

Council
  
Eshkol

Founded
  
1981

Population (2015)
  
226

Pri Gan

Weather
  
18°C, Wind N at 16 km/h, 70% Humidity

Pri Gan (Hebrew: פְּרִי גַּן‎, lit. Fruit Garden), also known as Prigan, is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 226.

Contents

Map of Pri Gan, Israel

History

The moshav was founded in 1981 by former residents of Priel, an Israeli settlement in Sinai which was evacuated as part of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Its main produce is vegetables and flowers.

References

Pri Gan Wikipedia