Gan HaDarom
| Gan HaDarom גַּן הַדָּרוֹם | |
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  Gan HaDarom | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′15.12″N 34°42′3.95″E / 31.8042000°N 34.7010972°ECoordinates: 31°48′15.12″N 34°42′3.95″E / 31.8042000°N 34.7010972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gederot |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Founded by | Iraqi Jews immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 563 |
Gan HaDarom (Hebrew: גַּן הַדָּרוֹם, lit. Garden of the South) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located on the coastal plain near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 563.
History
The moshav was founded in 1953 by Jewish refugees from Iraq on Operation Ezra and Nehemiah. The first settlers in Gan HaDarom lived in a ma'abara in neighboring Gan Yavne until the infrastructure was complete for permanent habitation. In 1957–58, twenty new houses were built, and 15 families who arrived from Poland moved into them.[2]
Most residents of the modern moshav make their living by working in nearby cities Ashdod and Yavneh. The minority who work in agriculture mainly cultivate cows, chickens, fruit trees, avocado trees, and other flora.
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- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval El'azari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 117. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.