Sdot Micha

Sdot Micha
שדות מיכה
سدوت ميخا
Sdot Micha is located in Jerusalem
Sdot Micha
Sdot Micha
Sdot Micha is located in Israel
Sdot Micha
Sdot Micha
Coordinates: 31°43′17″N 34°55′15″E / 31.72139°N 34.92083°E / 31.72139; 34.92083
CountryIsrael
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1955
Founded byMoroccan Jews
Population
 (2022)[1]
382

Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha (Hebrew: 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 2022 it had a population of 382.[1]

Direction sign of moshav Sdot Micha (Sedot Mikha)

History

The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Burayj.[2] It was named after Micha Josef Berdyczewski.

It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 282. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ^ Pike, John. "Zachariah - Israel - Special Weapons Facilities". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 31 July 2017.