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Highway 7 is a new highway in the South District of Israel from Yad Binyamin to Gedera. It connects the Trans-Israel Highway (Route 6) with the coastal region. It is planned to reach Ashdod and to terminate in a junction with Highway 4. As of 2007, Highway 7 can be reached from Ashdod via Highway 41.
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Gedera

Name	Gedera
Imgsize	380px
Image3	Gedera COA.png
Imgsize3	150px
Caption	Gedera
Hebname
Iso	Gdera
Meaning	Fenced (city)
Founded	1884
Type	lc
Altunosp	Gdera
District	center
Population	21,500
Pushpin map	Israel center ta
Pushpin mapsize	250

Gedera, or Gdera () is a town in the Center District of Israel. It is located south-east of Tel Aviv and east of Ashdod.

History

Gedera was founded in 1884 by members of the Bilu group, near the ruins of a biblical Israelite city. Those ruins were thought to have been the ruins of a biblical city called HaGdera (The fenced city)(Joshua 15:36) or according to another, less probable theory of a biblical city called Gderot (fences)(Joshua 15:41), and therefore the name Gedera (Fenced city) was chosen.

Recent excavations in the Gedera area of Tel Qatra have revealed artifacts from the Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, and Iron Age. In addition, remains of a more recent Muslim cemetery have been found.

Up until the 1948 War of Independence Gedera was flanked by the Arab Muslim village of Kfar Qatra, which was situated directly next to the original Gedera homes. The majority of the residents of the villages were expelled during the war, never to return, and their locations have now been built over in the northern half of Gedera, primarily in the first 25 years after the War of Independence.

In the 1940s Idi Amin lived in Gedera for around a year as he received military training.

Geography and demographics

Gedera is built on 7 hills in the Shephelah, which rise to the height of 80 meters above sea level. It has an area of 14,500 dunams (14.5 km²) and a population of 21,500 at the end of 2009.

References

External links

Pictures of Gedera

Town's community website

Gedera on Google Maps from Space

Category:Local councils in Israel

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