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Noga (Hebrew: נֹגַהּ, lit. Light of dawn) is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located in Hevel Lakhish between Ashkelon and Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 583.[1]

Noga נֹגַהּ, נוגה‎ نوغا
Hebrew transcription(s)
• official	Nogah
Etymology: Brightness
Noga
Coordinates: 31°37′26″N 34°41′43″E
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Council	Lakhish
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1955
Founded by	Iraqi and Persian Jews
Population  (2019)[1]	583

History

The moshav was founded in 1955 by Jewish refugees to Israel from the Kingdom of Iraq and Pahlavy Iran on part of the land of the depopulated Arab village of al-Faluja. The name "Noga" is symbolic of the brightness of Jewish Zionist settlement in Hevel Lakhish and named after Biblical Proverbs 4:18; "But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn".[2]

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