Nir Etzion

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Nir Etzion
<templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />נִיר עֶצִיוֹן
Nir Etzion is located in Israel
Nir Etzion
Nir Etzion
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District Haifa
Council Hof HaCarmel
Region Carmel
Affiliation Hapoel HaMizrachi
Founded 1950
Founded by Refugees and Holocaust survivors
Population (2007) 877
Name meaning Etzion Meadow
Website www.nirezion.com

Nir Etzion (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />נִיר עֶצִיוֹן‎, lit. Etzion Meadow) is a religious moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Ein Hod and Ein Hawd near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 877.

The village was established in 1950 as a kibbutz by refugees from Kfar Etzion and Be'erot Yitzhak (which had been captured by the Jordanian and Egyptian armies during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War) as well as Holocaust survivors and members of the Ahdut and Tikva kvutzot. It was named after Kfar Etzion.

In 1953 it converted to a moshav shitufi.

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