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'''Beko'a''' () is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

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Instance of
human settlement
Country
Israel
Population
665
Elevation
154
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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inception
1951-01-01
Commons category
Baqoa
postal code
99755
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'''Beko'a''' () is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

==History== Beko'a was established in 1952 by immigrants from Yemen on land that had belonged to the Arab Palestinian village of Dayr Muhaysin, which was depopulated in 1948. Its name is symbolic and refers to the division of Jerusalem following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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