Nir Moshe

{{Short description|Moshav in southern Israel}}

{{Infobox Israel village

| name = Nir Moshe

| hebname = ניר משה

| meaning = Moshe's Meadow

| image = Nir Moshe.JPG

| founded = 1953

| founded_by = City-dwellers

| country = {{ISR}}

| district = south

| council = Merhavim

| affiliation = Moshavim Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Nir Moshe}}

| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}

| pushpin_map = Israel northwest negev#Israel

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_label_position = top

| coordinates = {{coord|31|28|40|N|34|37|52|E|display=inline,title}}

| website = [http://www.nir-moshe.co.il www.nir-moshe.co.il]

}}

Nir Moshe ({{langx|he|ניר משה||Moshe's Meadow}}) is a moshav in southern Israel with an elevation of 145 m from sea level.{{Cite web|title=Nir Moshe (Be'er Sheva, Southern District, Israel) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/israel/southern/beer_sheva/2047__nir_moshe/|access-date=2020-09-12|website=www.citypopulation.de}} Located in the north-western Negev desert, south-east of Sderot with an area of 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Nir Moshe}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

History

The moshav was established in 1953 by former city dwellers from Jerusalem, Haifa and Herzliya, and was initially named Shoval Mizrachi 1, before being renamed after Moshe Smiliansky, an author and agronomist.

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