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Tzafria

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District
  
Central

Affiliation
  
Hapoel HaMizrachi

Population (2015)
  
924

Council
  
Lod Valley

Founded
  
1949

Local time
  
Monday 10:21 PM

Tzafria

Founded by
  
Czechoslovakian and Hungarian immigrants

Weather
  
14°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 72% Humidity

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Tzafria (Hebrew: צַפְרִיָּה‎, Arabic: تسبارياه‎‎) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lod Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 924.

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Map of Tzafria, Israel

History

The village was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary on the land of the depopulated Arab village of al-Safiriyya. Its name is derived from that village and was initially called Safria Alef and then Kfar Tzafria before adopting its current name.

References

Tzafria Wikipedia