Sde Nitzan Explained

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 .

History

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").

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mapa Publishing. 965-7184-34-7. 525. Yuval . El'azari. Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel. Tel-Aviv. 2005. he.