Shilat
{{Short description|Moshav in Israel and the Latrun salient}}
{{For|the village in Iran|Shilat-e Farahabad}}
{{Infobox Kibbutz
| name = Shilat
| image = Shilat The forty five monument גלעד המ-ה.jpg
| caption = Memorial to 45 fallen soldiers
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שִׁילָּת}}
| foundation = July 1977
| founded_by =HaOved HaTzioni farmers
| district = center
| council = Hevel Modi'in
| affiliation = HaOved HaTzioni
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Shilat}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|31|55|13|N|35|1|7|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.shilat.co.il/ www.shilat.co.il]
}}
Shilat ({{langx|he|שִׁילָּת}}) is a moshav partially in Israel and partially in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. Located around a kilometre north of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shilat}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
The Shilat Junction, at the intersection of Route 443 and Route 446, is the main northern entrance to Modi'in and the site of an industrial park which houses many commercial establishments as well as light industry.
History
The moshav was established in July 1977 by 25 families on land that had belonged the Palestinian village of Shilta, which was depopulated in 1948.{{cite book|last= Khalidi |first= Walid |authorlink= Walid Khalidi |title= All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |publisher= Institute for Palestine Studies |location= Washington DC |isbn= 0-88728-224-5 |year= 1992|page=414}} After the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel expropriated 781 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Shilat.[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Saffa_vp_en.pdf Saffa village profile], ARIJ, p. 17
References
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External links
- [http://www.shilat.co.il/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Hevel Modi'in Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1977