Gan HaDarom

Infobox_Kibbutz
kibbutz_name = Gan HaDarom
foundation = 1953
founded_by = Iraqi immigrants
region = Southern Coastal Plain
council = Gederot
industry =
affiliation = Agricultural Union
website =

Gan HaDarom ( _he. גן הדרום, lit. "Garden of the South") is a moshav in southern Israel. Located on the coastal plain near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council.

History

The moshav was founded in 1953 by immigrants from Iraq on Operation Ezra and Nehemiah. The first settlers in Gan HaDarom lived in a ma'abara in neighboring Gan Yavne until the infrastructure was complete for permanent habitation. In 1957-8, twenty new houses were built, and 15 families who arrived from Poland moved into them.Cite book
publisher = Mapa Publishing
isbn = 9657184347
pages = p. 117
others = Yuval Elʻazari (ed.)
title = Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel
location = Tel-Aviv
date = 2005 he icon] Today the moshav is home to 118 families. Most residents make their living not by farming, but rather they work in nearby cities Ashdod and Yavneh. The minority who work in agriculture mainly cultivate cows, chickens, fruit trees, avocado trees, and other flora.

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