Geulei Teiman ( he, גְּאֻלֵי תֵּימָן or , lit. ''The Redeemed of

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'') is a religious

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 ...

in central

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. Located near

Hadera Hadera ( he, חֲדֵרָה ) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5&nb ...

in the

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, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Hefer Valley Regional Council The Hefer Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק חפר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Hefer'') is a regional council in the Hefer Valley region of the Sharon plain in central Israel. It is named after an administrative district in ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The moshav was founded in 1948 by residents of

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, a village which was evacuated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The residents were

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and

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from

. In 1967, Geulei Teiman was split into a moshav and a housing project, but the two neighborhoods were reunited in 1992.

References

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