Shavei Tzion
Shavei Tzion (Hebrew: שָׁבֵי צִיּוֹן, lit. Returnees tae Zion) is a moshav shitufi in northren Israel. Locatit atween Acre an Nahariya an coverin 2,000 dunams, it faws unner the jurisdiction o Mateh Asher Regional Cooncil. In 2006 it haed a population o 654.
The veelage wis established on 13 Aprile 1938 as pairt o the touer an stockade settlement scheme. Its foonders, immigrants frae Rexingen in Germany, haed arrived durin the Fift Aliyah.[1]
The German ceety o Stuttgart haes a "special friendship" wi Shavei Tzion.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Mann, Nadav (25 Julie 2008). "The Yishuv history: Shavei Tzion's 70th anniversary". Ynet. Retrieved 25 Julie 2008. (in Ebreu)
Template:Mateh Asher Regional Cooncil Coordinates: 32°58′46.55″N 35°4′55.92″E / 32.9795972°N 35.0822000°E