Talmei Eliyahu

Place in Southern, Israel

Talmei Eliyahu 31°13′54″N 34°25′44″E / 31.23167°N 34.42889°E / 31.23167; 34.42889
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Eshkol
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1970
Founded by	French immigrants
Population (2022)^[1]	320

Talmei Eliyahu (Hebrew: תַּלְמֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ, lit. 'Eliyahu Furrows') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 320.^[1]

History

The moshav was founded in 1970 by immigrants from France and was named after Eliyahu Krauze, a former head of the Mikveh Israel agricultural school. It was founded as a collective moshav and became a workers' moshav in 1974.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 570. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.