Sitria

Sitria סתריה‎
Sitria
Coordinates: 31°53′17.88″N 34°50′45.24″E / 31.8883000°N 34.8459000°ECoordinates: 31°53′17.88″N 34°50′45.24″E / 31.8883000°N 34.8459000°E
District	Central
Council	Gezer
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Polish and Romanian immigrants
Population (2015)[1]	1,022

Sitria (Hebrew: סִתְרִיָה‎‎) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shfela near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,022.

History

The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land that had belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Abu al-Fadl,^[2][3] by 95 families from Poland and Romania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus. Prior to 1948, the Sitriya Bedouin tribe lived in the area.^[4]

Economy

Domaine Herzberg, a boutique winery, is located in Sitria.^[5] The moshav also operates a riding stable, Susey Adama.^[6]

References

1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
2. Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p. xxi, ISBN 9780521009676
3. Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 357, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
4. The Davids of Sitriya Haaretz
5. Domaine Herzberg
6. Susey Adama Riding Stable