Azaria ( he, עֲזַרְיָה), or Azarya is a
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in central
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Located in the
Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of
Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Gezer Regional Council
Gezer Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית גזר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Gezer'') is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. Established in 1949, it had a population of 20,700 in 2006.
List of settlements
The council covers fi ...
. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Its name is symbolic, though there is a theory that it was named after
Azariah of Judah. The symbolic meaning is an acronym from the Hebrew religious sentence 'עולי זאכו ראו ישועת ה (''Oleh zakho ra'u yeshuat HaShem'', lit. "Immigrants of
Zakho (village in Kurdistan) saw the salvation of the Lord").
[Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.91, (English)]
History
The moshav was established on the land of the
depopulated Palestinian village of
Al-Barriyya
Al-Barriyya was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, as part of Operation Dani. It was located 5.5 km southeast of Ramla, on the easter ...
on 30 October 1949 by 25 families from
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
as part of the "From the city to the village" plan.
References
External links
Official website
{{Gezer Regional Council
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1949
Populated places in Central District (Israel)