Sde Nitzan

{{Infobox Kibbutz

| name = Sde Nitzan

| image = File:Pitaya in Israel.jpg

| caption = Pitaya fruits in Sde Nitzan

| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שְׂדֵה נִצָּן, שדה ניצן}}

| arname = سدي نيتسان

| meaning = Field of (Flower) Buds

| foundation = 1973

| founded_by = {{nowrap|English-speaking immigrants}}

| district = south

| council = Eshkol

| affiliation = Moshavim Movement

| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population = {{Israel populations|Sede Nizzan}}{{Israel populations|reference}}

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| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| coordinates = {{coord|31|13|45|N|34|25|12|E|display=inline,title}}

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Sde Nitzan ({{langx|he|שְׂדֵה נִצָּן}}, lit. Field of (Flower) Buds) is a moshav in the northern Negev desert in Israel. Located twelve kilometres east of Kerem Shalom and near Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sede Nizzan}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

History

The moshav was established in 1973 by immigrants from English speaking countries,{{Cite book

| publisher = Mapa Publishing

| isbn = 965-7184-34-7

| pages = 525

|editor-first=Yuval |editor-last=El'azari

| title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel

| location = Tel-Aviv

| year = 2005

|language=he}} with the name being an approximate translation of the name of a Jewish philanthropist named Bloomfield ("Field of Flowers").

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