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{{Infobox Kibbutz
| image = WikiAir IL-12-01 188B.JPG
|hebname=שלווה
|arname=شلفا
| name = Shalva
| foundation = 1952
| founded_by = [[Libya]]n [[Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries|Jewish immigrants and refugees]]
| district = south
| council = [[Shafir Regional Council|Shafir]]
| affiliation = [[Moshavim Movement]]
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Shalwa}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|31|33|49|N|34|46|5|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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'''Shalva''' ({{langx|he|שַׁלְוָה}}, ''lit.'' Security) is a [[moshav shitufi]] in southern [[Israel]]. Located in the southern [[Shephelah]] near [[Kiryat Gat]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Shafir Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shalwa}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==History==
The moshav was founded in 1952 by [[Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries|Jewish immigrants and refugees]] mostly from [[Libya]], although some immigrants from [[Tunisia]] also joined it. Its name is taken from the book of [[Psalms]] 122:7: "be ... security within your towers."<ref>Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.417, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English)</ref>

==References== 
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{{Shafir Regional Council}}

[[Category:Moshavim]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1952]]
[[Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in Israel]]
[[Category:Libyan-Jewish culture in Israel]]
[[Category:Tunisian-Jewish culture in Israel]]
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