Azor
Azor
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Local council (from 1951) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | ʔazor |
| File:Azor-S-747.jpg | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
| District | File:Flag of Tel Aviv.svg Tel Aviv |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Arie Pechter |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,415 dunams (2.415 km2; 0.932 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 13,007 |
| • Density | 5,386/km2 (13,950/sq mi) |
| Website | www.azor.muni.il |
Azor (Hebrew: אָזוֹר) is a local council in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the old Jaffa-Jerusalem road southeast of Tel Aviv. Established in 1948, Azor was granted local council status in 1951.[2] In 2023 it had a population of 13,007,[1] and has a jurisdiction of 2,415 dunams (2.415 km2; 0.932 sq mi).[3]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The earliest occurrence of the name is Babylonian A-zu-ru (in a Neo-Assyrian text from 701 B.C.E.) which is compatible with the Septuagint form Άζωρ (Joshua 19:45). According to scholars, the name may derive from Semitic root ’-Z-R “to gird, encompass, equip”, but "this derivation is highly hypothetical as this root is so far not productive in the toponymy."[4]
The council of the new village named it Mishmar HaShiv'a ('Guardian of the Seven') in honour of seven Israelis soldiers killed near there in 1948, but the government committee in charge of assigning names forced them to change it to Azor on the grounds that preserving Biblical names was more important.[5] However, another new village nearby was later named Mishmar HaShiv'a.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]The tel of the ancient city is situated in the northern part of modern Azor.
the 16th century, Haseki sultan endowed the lands of Azor to its Jerusalem soup kitchen.[6] During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.[7]
Notable residents
[edit | edit source]- Shelly Krolitzky (born 1999), tennis player
- Matvey Natanzon, backgammon player[8]
- Margalit Tzan'ani, singer and tv personality[9]
Main sights
[edit | edit source]- Azor Museum, archaeological museum
References
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