Sde Nitzan | |
Arname: | سدي نيتسان |
Meaning: | Field of (Flower) Buds |
Foundation: | 1973 |
District: | south |
Council: | Eshkol |
Affiliation: | Moshavim Movement |
Pushpin Map: | Israel northwest negev |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 31.2292°N 34.42°W |
Sde Nitzan (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה נִצָּן, lit. Field of (Flower) Buds) is a moshav in the northern Negev desert in Israel. Located twelve kilometres east of Kerem Shalom and near Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The moshav was established in 1973 by immigrants from English speaking countries,[1] with the name being an approximate translation of the name of a Jewish philanthropist named Bloomfield ("Field of Flowers").