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Aseret () is a community settlement on the coastal plain of south-central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In its population was .

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Locality
מועצה אזורית גדרות
Region
מחוז המרכז
Country
ישראל
Population
998
Timezone
Asia/Jerusalem

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Instance of
moshav
Country
Israel
Population
1012
Elevation
56
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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Aseret
inception
1954-01-01
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Aseret () is a community settlement on the coastal plain of south-central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In its population was .

It was founded in 1954 on the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit. The word "Aseret" means ten, and the community is named after the ten members of Bilu who founded Gedera.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aseret” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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