Nir Akiva

Nir Akiva

ניר עקיבא
نير عكيفا
Nir Akiva ניר עקיבא; نير عكيفا
	Village synagogue
	Nir Akiva
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Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Merhavim
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1953
Population (2022)	714

Nir Akiva (Hebrew: נִיר עֲקִיבָא, lit. Akiva's Meadow) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev near Netivot and Nir Moshe and covering 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 714.^[1]

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The moshav was established in 1953 on land that had belonged to the Palestinian village of Kawfakha.^[2] It was named after Akiva Etinger, a chief of the Settlement Department in the Jewish Agency. In the late 1970s Amir Peretz was a member of the moshav, bought a farm in the village and grew vegetables and flowers for export.

[1]
"Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
[2]
Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 119–121. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. Population 1944/45 500

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[Israelpopulations-1] [1]
"Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[2] [2]
Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 119–121. ISBN 0-88728-224-5. Population 1944/45 500

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