Kfar Shmuel
| Kfar Shmuel כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל | |
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  Kfar Shmuel | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′22.2″N 34°55′54.11″E / 31.889500°N 34.9316972°ECoordinates: 31°53′22.2″N 34°55′54.11″E / 31.889500°N 34.9316972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Gezer |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 4 January 1950 |
| Founded by | Romanian immigrants |
| Population (2015)[1] | 864 |
Kfar Shmuel (Hebrew: כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל, lit. Shmuel Village) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2015, it had a population of 864.
History
The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by immigrants from Romania on the ruins of the Arab village of Innaba, which had occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader.
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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