Tirat Yehuda

Tirat Yehuda

Tirat Yehuda
Coordinates: 32°0′47.51″N 34°55′57.36″E / 32.0131972°N 34.9326000°E / 32.0131972; 34.9326000Coordinates: 32°0′47.51″N 34°55′57.36″E / 32.0131972°N 34.9326000°E / 32.0131972; 34.9326000
Grid position	143/157 PAL
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Region	Central Israel
Affiliation	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded	1949
Founded by	Hungarian immigrants

Tirat Yehuda (Hebrew: טִירַת יְהוּדָה, lit. Judah's Castle) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Yehud and Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 859.

The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants from Hungary. Initially it was located northeast of its present site, in the area which is today Bareket, before moving to its current location in 1951. It was named after the nearby abandoned Arab village of al-Tira and the fact that it was in the vicinity of the border of the land of the Tribe of Judah.

In its first years, it was attacked several times by fedayeen, and was a designated border settlement until the Six-Day War.

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Hevel Modi'in Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Be'erot Yitzhak

Moshavim	Ahisamakh Bareket Beit Arif Beit Nehemia Ben Shemen Bnei Atarot Ginaton Gimzo Giv'at Ko'ah Hadid Kerem Ben Shemen Kfar Daniel Kfar Ruth Kfar Truman Mazor Nehalim Rinatia Shilat Tirat Yehuda

Community settlements	Lapid Mevo Modi'im Nofekh

Youth village	Ben Shemen Youth Village

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