Sde Nitzan ( he, שְׂדֵה נִצָּן, ''lit.'' Field of (Flower) Buds) is a
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 an ...
in the northern
Negev desert in
Israel. Located twelve kilometres east of
Kerem Shalom and near
Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Eshkol Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The moshav was established in 1973 by immigrants from
English speaking countries,
with the name being an approximate translation of the name of a Jewish philanthropist named Bloomfield ("Field of Flowers").
References
Moshavim
Gaza envelope
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
1973 establishments in Israel
Populated places established in 1973
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