Revaha

Revaha
Revaha
Coordinates: 31°38′55.68″N 34°43′59.16″E / 31.6488000°N 34.7331000°E / 31.6488000; 34.7331000Coordinates: 31°38′55.68″N 34°43′59.16″E / 31.6488000°N 34.7331000°E / 31.6488000; 34.7331000
Council	Shafir
Region	Hevel Lakhish
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	1953
Founded by	Kurdish immigrants

Revaha (Hebrew: רְוָחָה, lit. Comfort) is a religious moshav in south-central Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah near Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 449.

The village was established in 1953 by immigrants from Kurdistan on lands which had formerly belonged to the destroyed Palestinian village of Hatta. The majority of residents are national-religious.

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Shafir Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Ein Tzurim

Moshavim	Eitan Komemiyut Masu'ot Yitzhak No'am Revaha Shalva Shafir Uza Zavdiel Zrahia

Other villages	Aluma Even Shmuel Merkaz Shapira

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