Arugot

This article is about the moshav. For the wadi (river), see List of rivers of Israel.

Arugot (Hebrew: עֲרוּגוֹת, lit. 'garden terraces or beds'),^[2] is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 its population was 1,154.^[1]

Arugot ערוגות
Arugot
Coordinates: 31°44′5″N 34°46′15″E
Country	Israel
Council	Be'er Tuvia Regional Council
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Polish and Romanian Jews
Population  (2022)[1]	1,154

History

The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.^[3] Its name was taken from the Book of Ezekiel 17:7.^[4]

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. arugah. Strong's Concordance via biblehub.com. Retrieved 6 Oct 2021.
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 131. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
4. Elʻazari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 435. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.