Gizo | |
Imgsize: | 250px |
Founded: | 1960 |
Hebname: | גיזו |
Arname: | جيزو |
Founded By: | Jewish Agency |
District: | jerusalem |
Council: | Mateh Yehuda |
Pushpin Map: | Israel jerusalem |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 31.8056°N 34.9394°W |
Gizo (he|גִּיזוֹ) is a community settlement in central Israel, northwest of Beit Shemesh, under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The village was established in 1960 by the Jewish Agency as a place of residence for teachers of the Gizo Regional Council school, and was named after the nearby biblical city of Gizo (1 Chronicles 11:34).[1] It is on the former lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Jiz,[2] whose name also possibly referred to Gizo.[1]
. 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. 0-88728-224-5. 365.