Sdot Micha

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Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha (Template:Langx, lit. Micha Fields) is a moshav (agricultural settlement) in central Israel. Located to the west of Beit Shemesh, it is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations

File:Direction sign of moshav Sdot Micha (Sedot Mikha).jpg
Direction sign of moshav Sdot Micha (Sedot Mikha)

History

The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Burayj.[1] It was named after Micha Josef Berdyczewski.[2]

It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.[3]

References

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  2. Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 315
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