Sde Uziyahu ( he, שְׂדֵה עוֹזִיָּהוּ, lit. ''Uzziah Field'') 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 near the city of

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Sde Uziyahu was founded in 1950 by Jewish

refugees A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

expelled from Libya. Originally named Ashdod D, Yad Shimshon and Uziyah, it was finally named after

Uzziah of Judah Uzziah (; he, עֻזִּיָּהוּ ''‘Uzzīyyāhū'', meaning "my strength is Yah"; el, Ὀζίας; la, Ozias), also known as Azariah (; he, עֲזַרְיָה ''‘Azaryā''; el, Αζαρίας; la, Azarias), was the tenth king of t ...

(Uziyahu in Hebrew), who, according to the Bible, built cities in the current location of the moshav. Sde Uziyahu was built on the land of the Palestinian Arab village of Isdud, which was depopulated in 1948.

References

Moshavim Be'er Tuvia Regional Council Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1950 1950 establishments in Israel Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel {{Israel-geo-stub