Azrikam () is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .

Etymology

The village is named after "Azrikam, a descendant of Zerubbabel." (1 Chronicles 3:23)

History

The moshav was established in 1950 on land near the depopulated Palestinian villages of Bayt Daras and 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.

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.

A branch of the youth movement 'Zionist Youth Movement' operates in Moshav.

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