Sdei Avraham

Sdei Avraham
שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם‎
Sdei Avraham is located in Northwest Negev region of Israel
Sdei Avraham
Sdei Avraham
Sdei Avraham is located in Israel
Sdei Avraham
Sdei Avraham
Coordinates: 31°12′46″N 34°20′11″E / 31.21278°N 34.33639°E / 31.21278; 34.33639
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilEshkol
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1981
Founded bySouth American Jews.
Population
 (2023)[1]
437

Sdei Avraham (Hebrew: שְׂדֵי אַבְרָהָם, lit. 'Avraham Fields') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 437.[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1981 and was initially named Yesodot HaDarom (Hebrew: יְסוֹדוֹת הַדָּרוֹם, lit. Foundations of the South), but was later renamed after Avraham Herzfeld, a leader of Mapai.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. ^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 526. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
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