Hagor

Hagor () is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located between Rosh HaAyin and Kfar saba it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .

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Kibbutz.name: Hagor
Kibbutz.image: File:SETTLERS GOING OUT TO WORK IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED MOSHAV HAGOR IN THE SHARON PLAIN. חקלאים עובדים בשדות במושב חגור בשרון.D27-077.jpg
Kibbutz.foundation: 1949
Kibbutz.founded_by: Palmach veterans
Kibbutz.district: center
Kibbutz.council: Drom HaSharon
Kibbutz.affiliation: Moshavim Movement
Kibbutz.pushpin_map: Israel center ta#Israel
Kibbutz.pushpin_mapsize: 250

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Population: 1162
Area: 3
Elevation: 39
Official website: hagor.org.il
Image: SETTLERS GOING OUT TO WORK IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED MOSHAV HAGOR IN THE SHARON PLAIN. חקלאים עובדים בשדות במושב חגור בשרון.D27-077.jpg

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inception: 1949-01-01
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Hagor () is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located between Rosh HaAyin and Kfar saba it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .

==History== Moshav Hagor was founded in 1949 by veterans of the Palmach's Ninth Battalion. It became a cooperative agricultural settlement populated by new immigrants, mostly from Middle Eastern and North African countries. The name comes from a verse in the Book of Psalms, "Gird (in Hebrew, hagor) thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty" (Psalms 45:3).