Sitria

Sitria
  • סִתְרִיָה (Hebrew)
Sitria Education Center
Sitria Education Center
Sitria is located in Central Israel
Sitria
Sitria
Location within Central Israel
Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°50′45″E / 31.88833°N 34.84583°E / 31.88833; 34.84583
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
SubdistrictRamla
CouncilGezer
AffiliationMoshavim Movement
Founded1949
FounderPolish and Romanian immigrants
Population
 (2024)
1,125

Sitria (Hebrew: סִתְרִיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shfela near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,125.

History

The Palestinian Rural History Project records that prior to 1948, the Sutariyya Bedouin tribe (Arabic: السوطرية) al lived in the area, then called al-Sidra (السدرة) or Tall al-Battikh (تل البطيخ).

The moshav was founded on Lag BaOmer in 1949 on the land located near the depopulated Palestinian village of Abu al-Fadl, by 95 families from Poland and Romania who had been interned in a detention camp in Cyprus.

Economy

Domaine Herzberg, a boutique winery, is located in Sitria. The moshav also operates a riding stable, Susey Adama.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Marom, Roy (2026-08-09), The Palestinian Rural History Project: Official Gazetteer of Documented Localities (2026), Zenodo, p. 32, doi:10.5281/zenodo.21856103, retrieved 2026-08-10
  3. ↑ Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p. xxi, ISBN 9780521009676
  4. ↑ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 357, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
  5. ↑ Domaine Herzberg Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Susey Adama Riding Stable