Even Shmuel (, ''lit.'' Stone of Samuel) is a

religious Zionist Religious Zionism () is a religious denomination that views Zionism as a fundamental component of Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' (), and in Israel, they are most commonly known by the plural form of the fi ...

village in southern

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. Located around four kilometres south of

Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat () also spelled Qiryat Gat, is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It lies south of Tel Aviv, north of Beersheba, and west southwest of Jerusalem. In it had a population of . The city hosts one of the most advanced semicondu ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Shafir Regional Council Shafir Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Shafir'') is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel near the city of Kiryat Gat. The council is bordered on the north by the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, on the east by Yoav Regional ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was originally founded as an agricultural

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

. In 2013, the village population expanded eastward, converting agricultural lands into a residential neighborhood of an additional 280 households.

References

External links

Village website
{{Shafir Regional Council Villages in Israel Religious Israeli communities Populated places established in 1956 Populated places in Southern District (Israel) 1956 establishments in Israel