Sitria
Sign in to saveSitria () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shfela near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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- human settlement
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Gezer Regional Council
- Population
- 1092
- Elevation
- 81
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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- Sitria
- inception
- 1949-01-01
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Sitria () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shfela near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Abu al-Fadl, 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.
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