Horshim

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Horshim
<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />חוֹרְשִׁים
حورشيم
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Horshim is located in Israel
Horshim
Horshim
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District Central
Council Drom HaSharon
Region Sharon plain
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded 1955
Population (2011) 300[1]

Horshim (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />חוֹרְשִׁים‎, lit. Ploughmen) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the south of the Sharon plain and covering 3,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. "Name derives from Biblical Valley of Charashim (I Chron. 4:14)."[2] In 2011 it had a population of 300.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.201 , ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)