Dvora, Israel

Dvora דְּבוֹרָה
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Dvora
Coordinates: 32°33′11.51″N 35°15′49.32″E / 32.5531972°N 35.2637000°E / 32.5531972; 35.2637000Coordinates: 32°33′11.51″N 35°15′49.32″E / 32.5531972°N 35.2637000°E / 32.5531972; 35.2637000
Council	Gilboa
Region	Ta'anakh
Founded by	Immigrants from Marrakech, Morocco
Name meaning	Named after Deborah

Devorah (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה) is a moshav in the Ta'anakh region, near Afula, in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.

It was founded in 1956 by immigrants to Israel from Morocco in the program to inhabit the Ta'anakh region.

The name "Dvora" was inspired by the prophet Devorah (Deborah) (Judges 4:4), who defeated Sisera in the Book of Judges.

Gilboa Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Beit Alfa Beit HaShita Ein Harod (Ihud) Ein Harod (Meuhad) Geva Heftziba Tel Yosef Yizre'el

Moshavim	Adirim Avital Barak Dvora Gadish Kfar Yehezkel Magen Shaul Meitav Mle'a Prazon Ram-On Ramat Tzvi

Community settlements	Gan Ner Gidona Merkaz Hever Merkaz Omen Merkaz Yael Moledet Nir Yafeh

Arab villages	Muqeible Na'ura Taibe Tamra Sandala

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