Migvan ( he, מגוון, lit. ''Colourful'', ''Diversity'') is a small
urban kibbutz located in the city of
Sderot
Sderot ( he, שְׂדֵרוֹת, , lit. ''Boulevards'', ar, سديروت) is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza (the ...
in the northwestern
Negev
The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its sout ...
desert in
Israel
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.
The kibbutz was founded in 1987, and the original six members of the group have expanded to 60 members. It is a mixed model of the urban kibbutz (collective economy, culture, and weekly meetings) with private homes
References
Further reading
*Daniel Gavron. ''The Kibbutz: Awakening from Utopia''. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.
*Jo-Ann Mort and Gary Brenner. "Our Hearts Invented a Place: Can Kibbutzim Survive Today's Israel?". Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2003. 209 pages
External links
Official website{{in lang, he
Kibbutzim
Kibbutz Movement
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
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