Sdot Micha

Sdot Micha
Sdot Micha is located in Jerusalem District
Sdot Micha
Sdot Micha
Location within Jerusalem District
Sdot Micha is located in Israel
Sdot Micha
Sdot Micha
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 31°43′17″N 34°55′15″E / 31.72139°N 34.92083°E / 31.72139; 34.92083
Country Israel
DistrictJerusalem
CouncilMateh Yehuda
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1955
FounderMoroccan Jews
Population
 (2024)
348

Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha (Hebrew: שְׂדוֹת מִיכָה, lit. Micah Fields) is a moshav (agricultural settlement) in central Israel. Located to the west of Beit Shemesh, it is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 348.

Direction sign of moshav Sdot Micha (Sedot Mikha)

History

The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the former land of the depopulated Arab village of Al-Burayj. It was named after the writer Micha Josef Berdyczewski.

It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 282. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. ↑ Hareouveni, Emanouel (1974). The Settlements of Israel and Their Archaeological sites (in Hebrew). Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad. p. 315
  4. ↑ Pike, John. "Zachariah - Israel - Special Weapons Facilities". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 31 July 2017.