Gizo () is a

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

in central

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, northwest of

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, under the jurisdiction of the

Mateh Yehuda Regional Council Mateh Yehuda Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Yehuda'', ) is a Regional council (Israel), regional council in the Jerusalem District of Israel. In 2024 it was home to 51,125 people. The name of the regional council stems from the fact t ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1960 by the

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as a place of residence for teachers of the Gizo Regional Council school, and was named after the nearby

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city of Gizo (1 Chronicles 11:34).Yoav Regev (2001) ''New Israel Guide, Vol. 10: The Shephelah'', Keter, Yedioth Ahronoth and the Ministry of Defense It is on the former lands of the depopulated

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village of Bayt Jiz, whose name also possibly referred to Gizo.

References

{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council Community settlements Populated places established in 1960 Populated places in Jerusalem District 1960 establishments in Israel