Sitria
Sitria
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  Sitria Location within Central Israel | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°50′45″E / 31.88833°N 34.84583°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Subdistrict | Ramla |
| Council | Gezer |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | Polish and Romanian immigrants |
| Population (2024)[1] | 1,125 |
Sitria (Hebrew: סִתְרִיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shfela near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,125.[1]
History
[edit]The Palestinian Rural History Project records that prior to 1948, the Sutariyya Bedouin tribe (Arabic: السوطرية) al lived in the area, then called al-Sidra (السدرة) or Tall al-Battikh (تل البطيخ).[2]
The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land located near the depopulated Palestinian village of Abu al-Fadl,[3][4] by 95 families from Poland and Romania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus.
Economy
[edit]Domaine Herzberg, a boutique winery, is located in Sitria.[5] The moshav also operates a riding stable, Susey Adama.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Ori Gordin (born 1969), IDF Major General
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ Marom, Roy (2026-08-09), The Palestinian Rural History Project: Official Gazetteer of Documented Localities (2026), Zenodo, p. 32, doi:10.5281/zenodo.21856103, retrieved 2026-08-10
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p. xxi, ISBN 9780521009676
- ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 357, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ↑ Domaine Herzberg Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Susey Adama Riding Stable
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