Nir Moshe

Nir Moshe
Nir Moshe
Coordinates: 31°28′39.71″N 34°37′52.31″E / 31.4776972°N 34.6311972°E / 31.4776972; 34.6311972Coordinates: 31°28′39.71″N 34°37′52.31″E / 31.4776972°N 34.6311972°E / 31.4776972; 34.6311972
Council	Merhavim
Region	North-western Negev
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1953
Founded by	City-dwellers
Website	http://www.nir-moshe.co.il

Nir Moshe (Hebrew: נִיר מֹשֶׁה, lit. Moshe's Meadow) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev south-east of Sderot with an area of 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 362.

The moshav was established in 1953 by former city dwellers from Jerusalem, Haifa and Herzliya, and was initially named Shoval Mizrachi 1, before being renamed after Moshe Smiliansky, an author and agronomist.

External links

Nir Moshe official website.

Merhavim Regional Council

Moshavim	Bitha Eshbol Gilat Klahim Maslul Nir Akiva Nir Moshe Pa'amei Tashaz Patish Peduim Ranen Sde Tzvi Talmei Bilu Tifrah

Communal settlements	Mabu'im

Youth villages	Eshel HaNasi

Other villages	Aleh Negev

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