Urim, Israel
Urim (Hebrew: אוּרִים, lit. Lights) is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near the border of the Gaza Strip and about 30 kilometers west of Beersheba, the kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 502.[1]
Urim
אוּרִים أوريم | |
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 Kibbutz dining room | |
  Urim  Urim | |
| Coordinates: 31°18′15″N 34°31′25″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Eshkol |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 6 October 1946 |
| Founded by | Bulgarian immigrants |
| Population (2019)[1] | 502 |
History
Urim was established in 1948, on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Al-Imara. Al-Imara became depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and Urim was established about 1 km south of the village site.[2]
The community was founded in Ra'anana in 1945 by Bulgarian immigrants from the Gordonia and Maccabi Youth groups, but most of the later settlement came from North Americans from Habonim. The kibbutz itself was settled on 6 October 1946 as one of the 11 points in the Negev.
References
- "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 73. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.