Beko'a
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Beko'a
| hebname = בקוע
| meaning = Splitting
| image = Baqoa2011.png
| foundation = 1952
| founded_by = Yemenite Jews
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Beqoa}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| pushpin_map = Israel jerusalem#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|49|44|N|34|55|34|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
Beko'a ({{langx|he|בקוע||Splitting}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Beqoa}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
Beko'a was established in 1952 by immigrants from Yemen on land that had belonged to the Arab Palestinian village of Dayr Muhaysin, which was depopulated in 1948.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=378}} Its name is symbolic and refers to the division of Jerusalem following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Category:Populated places established in 1952
Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District