Nir Banim

Nir Banim
Nir Banim is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Nir Banim
Nir Banim
Location within Ashkelon region of Israel
Coordinates: 31°40′20″N 34°45′15″E / 31.67222°N 34.75417°E / 31.67222; 34.75417
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
SubdistrictAshkelon
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1953
FounderSons from other moshavim
Population
 (2024)
804

Nir Banim (Hebrew: נִיר בָּנִים, lit. 'Sons' Meadow') is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located on highway 40 between Kiryat Gat and Kiryat malachi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 804. it is known for its agriculture specifically the growing of pomegrantes, grapes, asparagus, wheat and arichokes, the last one being the most famous because of a place called the artichokes of noam which is a semi-popular attraction, nir banim also used to have a peach industry but it ended in the 2020's

History

The moshav was founded in 1954 by sons of residents of the moshavim of Be'er Tuvia, Kfar Vitkin, Kfar Yehezkel, Nahalal and Herut. This was also the source of its name. It was established on the lands of the former depopulated Palestinian village of al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 135, ISBN 0-88728-224-5