Horshim

{{Short description|Kibbutz in central Israel}}

{{Infobox Israel village

| name = Horshim

| image = Corshim inside the Kibutz 4.jpg

| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|חוֹרְשִׁים}}

| founded = 1955

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| district = center

| council = Drom HaSharon

| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Horeshim}}

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| pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250

| coordinates = {{coord|32|8|19|N|34|58|15|E|display=inline,title}}

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Horshim ({{langx|he|חוֹרְשִׁים||Ploughmen}}) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the south of the Sharon plain and covering 3,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Horeshim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

The kibbutz industries include Termokir (a building materials manufacturer) and various forms of agriculture such as a dairy and an avocado farm.

Etymology

The village's name is taken from the biblical valley of Charashim (I Chron. 4:14)."Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.201, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)

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