Be'er Tuvia
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Be'er Tuvia בְּאֵר טוֹבִיָּה |
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| • standard | Be'er Tuviya |
 Be'er Tuvia
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| Coordinates: 31°44′9.78″N 34°43′25.81″E / 31.7360500°N 34.7238361°ECoordinates: 31°44′9.78″N 34°43′25.81″E / 31.7360500°N 34.7238361°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Affiliation | Moshav Movement |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Founded by | Yisrael Hochman and other Zionists |
| Population (2015) | 1,030 |
Be'er Tuvia (Hebrew: בְּאֵר טוֹבִיָּה, Be'er Toviya, "Tuvia's Well") is a moshav in the Southern District of Israel. Located near the city of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2015 its population was 1,030.
In 1887, a group of First Aliyah newcomers from Bessarabia founded a moshava, which they named Qastina, after the neighboring Arab village of the same name. Although supported by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the moshava did not prosper due to lack of water, distance from other Jewish centers, attacks by neighboring Arab villagers and strained relations between the settlers and the Baron's administration.
In 1896, the association of Hovevei Zion in Odessa purchased the land and new settlers came. Qastina became Be'er Tuvia - an adaptation of the site's Arabic name, "Bir Ta'abya". In 1910, the colony again faced financial collapse and some members approached the Jewish National Fund with a proposal that it buy the land and houses. The JNF agreed, but due to disagreement with Hovevei Zion this never happened. Instead, the JNF compensated farmers who left Be'er Tuvia and in 1913 brought farmers from Hulda to replace them. Within a short time, the colony's situation was much improved.
According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Be'er Tuvia had a population of 112 inhabitants, all Jews.
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