Sdot Micha
{{Short description|Place in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Sdot Micha
| image = File:Sdot micha2011.jpg
| arname=سدوت ميخا
| hebname=שדות מיכה
| foundation = 1955
| founded_by = Moroccan Jews
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| affiliation = Moshavim Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Sedot Mikha}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem#Israel
| pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=top
|coordinates = {{coord|31|43|17|N|34|55|15|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha ({{Langx|he|שְׂדוֹת מִיכָה}}, lit. Micha Fields) is a moshav (agricultural settlement) in central Israel. Located to the west of Beit Shemesh, it is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sedot Mikha}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Burayj.{{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=282}} It was named after Micha Josef Berdyczewski.Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 315
It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/sedot_mikha.htm|title=Zachariah - Israel - Special Weapons Facilities|first=John|last=Pike|website=www.globalsecurity.org|accessdate=31 July 2017}}
References
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{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1955
Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District