Tzur Hadassah


Tzur Hadassah is a town located in the Jerusalem Corridor, located southwest of Jerusalem, at an altitude of 755 meters above sea level, located on Route 375 west of Betar Ilit, about one kilometer west of the Green Line. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Tzur Hadassah is the largest settlement in Israel that does not have a local authority status. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of. In 2016, plans for expansion were approved, which would add 15,000 new residents within 5 years.

History

Tzur Hadassah was established in 1956 as a regional centre for nearby moshavim such as on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Ras Abu 'Ammar. It was named for the Hadassah organization.
The town has four neighborhoods: Old Tzur Hadassah ; New Tzur Hadassah ; Har Sansan ; And Har Kitron which forms the second half of the horseshoe topography of Tzur Hadassah.
The Harei Yehuda riding stable is located in Tzur Hadassah, at the edge of the Sansan nature reserve. It was established in 1991 in the old part of Tzur Hadassah and moved to new facilities in 2004. The Israel National Trail, marked with orange, blue, and white stripes, reaches Tzur Hadassah on its way westward. In 2014, construction workers discovered a large stalactite cave near Tzur Hadassah.

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