Azrikam
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Azrikam (Hebrew: עַזְרִיקָם) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,671.
Etymology
The village is named after "Azrikam, a descendant of Zerubbabel." (1 Chronicles 3:23)
History
The moshav was established in 1950 on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Daras, just south of the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Batani al-Gharbi by Jewish refugees from Tunisia. It was initially named Bitanya. In the first few years, the moshav's residents lived in tents without electricity, water or gas.
Economy
In Moshav Azrikam there are about 35 farms that make a living from agricultural activities that include barns and chicken coops as well as orchards of deciduous fruits and vegetable fields.[citation needed]
The settlement has about 300 dunams of common orchard and about five hundred dunams of farming. Most of the residents of the moshav do not engage in agriculture: most of them are day laborers - wage workers and self-employed workers who work outside the moshav.[citation needed]
A branch of the youth movement 'Zionist Youth Movement' operates in Moshav.[citation needed]