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Ge'a ( he, גֵּיאָה) 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 southern Israel. Located three kilometres south-east of Ashkelon near
Beit Shikma Beit Shikma ( he, בֵּית שִׁקְמָה, ''lit.'' House of Sycamore) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav wa ...
and
Talmei Yafeh Talmei Yaffe ( he, תַּלְמֵי יָפֶה, ''lit.'' Yaffe Furrows) is a moshav shitufi in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Talmei Y ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In it had a population of .


History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and was named after the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Jiyya, on whose lands it was built.


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