Ahva, Israel Explained

Ahva
Altoffsp:Ahawa
Meaning:Brotherhood
Foundation:1974
District:south
Council:Be'er Tuvia
Pushpin Map:Israel ashkelon#Israel
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Coordinates:31.7433°N 34.7692°W

Ahva (Hebrew: אַחֲוָה||Brotherhood) is a village in the northern Negev desert of southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council and had a population of in . It is adjacent to the Ahva Academic College and acts as a service center for the surrounding settlements, including Kfar Ahim, Kfar HaRif, Talmei Yehiel and Yenon.[1]

History

The village was established in 1976 for civil servants of the regional council on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 26. Yuval . El'azari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005. he.
  2. Book: Walid Khalidi

    . All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Walid. Khalidi. Walid Khalidi. 1992. Washington D.C.. Institute for Palestine Studies. 125. 0-88728-224-5.