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Sdei Avraham

Sdei Avraham
  • שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם (Hebrew)
Sdei Avraham is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel
Sdei Avraham
Sdei Avraham
Location within Northwest Negev region of Israel
Sdei Avraham is located in Israel
Sdei Avraham
Sdei Avraham
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 31°12′46″N 34°20′11″E / 31.21278°N 34.33639°E / 31.21278; 34.33639
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
SubdistrictBeersheba
CouncilEshkol
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1981
FounderSouth American Jews.
Population
 (2024)[1]
447

Sdei Avraham (Hebrew: שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם, lit.'Avraham Fields') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 447.[1]

History

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The moshav was founded in 1981 and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת הַדָּרוֹם, lit. Foundations of the South), but was later renamed after Avraham Herzfeld, a leader of Mapai.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 526. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.