District Southern Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi Population (2015) 842 | Council Shafir Founded 15 August 1949 Local time Friday 6:48 AM | |
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Founded by Czechoslovakian and
Hungarian immigrants Weather 12°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Shafir (Hebrew: שָׁפִיר) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 842.
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Map of Shafir, Israel
History
Shafir was founded on 15 August 1949 by immigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia and was built on land that had belonged to the Arab village of al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya, which had been depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was named after the Biblical city of Shafir that is mentioned in the Book of Micah 1:11, which also means "good and beautiful". Today Shafir is made up of a mixture of Czechoslovakian/ Hungarians, and Persians. For the past 20 years the Ayube tribe has been prominent.
References
Shafir Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA