Avigdor

:"This article is about the moshav. For other uses, see Avigdor (disambiguation)."Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Avigdor
foundation = 1950
founded_by = British Army veterans
region = Southern Coastal Plain
council = Be'er Tuvia
industry =
affiliation = Moshavim Movement
website = nowrap| [http://www.moshav-avigdor.com www.moshav-avigdor.com]

Avigdor ( _he. אֲבִיגְדוֹר) a small moshav in southern Israel. Located south of Kiryat Malakhi and 11 km north of Kiryat Gat and covering 3.75 km², it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 its population was 679.

It was founded in 1950 by veterans of the British Army and was initally named Yael, the initials of Hebrew Units for Transportation, the unit that the veterans belonged to during the war. The commander of the unit was Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, the son of Sir Osmond Elim d'Avigdor-Goldsmid. Later the name was changed and now it derives its name from the Zionist Sir Osmond Elim d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, an Englishman, president of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association between the years 1934-1939 that donated to the moshav the municipality.Cite book
publisher = Mapa Publishing
isbn = 9657184347
pages = p. 14
others = Yuval Elʻazari (ed.)
title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
location = Tel-Aviv
date = 2005 he icon]

The population are partly agriculturist that their main occupation is dairy farming, turkeys and chicken and various field crops and partly free profession (lawyer, accountant, engineer, etc.) In the last years there is a development and building momentum.

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* [http://www.moshav-avigdor.com Village website] he icon