Azaria
Sign in to saveAzaria () or Azarya is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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- 1227
- Elevation
- 103
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- 1949-01-01
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Azaria () or Azarya is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==Etymology== Its name is symbolic, though there is a theory that it was named after Azariah of Judah. The symbolic meaning is an acronym from the Hebrew religious sentence 'עולי זאכו ראו ישועת ה (''Oleh zakho ra'u yeshuat HaShem'', lit. "Immigrants of Zakho (village in Kurdistan) saw the salvation of the Lord").
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