Avigdor

Avigdor () 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 its population was .

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Israel village.image: Avigdor.jpg
Israel village.imgsize: 250px
Israel village.caption: Avigdor
Israel village.name: Avigdor
Israel village.founded: 1950
Israel village.founded_by: Jewish British Army veterans
Israel village.arname: أفيغدور
Israel village.altOffSp: Avigedor
Israel village.district: south
Israel village.council: Be'er Tuvia
Israel village.affiliation: Moshavim Movement
Israel village.pushpin_map: Israel ashkelon#Israel
Israel village.pushpin_mapsize: 250

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Population: 793
Elevation: 56
Official website: www.moshav-avigdor.co.il
Image: Avigdor.jpg

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postal code: 83800
inception: 1950-01-01
Commons category: Avigdor

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==History== It was founded in 1950 by veterans of the British Army and was initially named Yaʿel, 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. It was founded on the land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Qastina.