Sdot Micha

Sdot Micha or Sedot Mikha (Hebrew: שְׂדוֹת מִיכָה, lit. Micha Fields) is a moshav (agricultural settlement) in central Israel. Located to the west of Beit Shemesh, it is under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 382.^[1]

Direction sign of moshav Sdot Micha (Sedot Mikha)

Sdot Micha שדות מיכה سدوت ميخا
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Coordinates: 31°43′17″N 34°55′15″E
Country	Israel
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1955
Founded by	Moroccan Jews
Population  (2022)[1]	382

History

The village was established in 1955 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Al-Burayj.^[2] It was named after Micha Josef Berdyczewski.^[3]

It is near Sdot Micha Airbase, which, according to unofficial sources, houses nuclear weapons and mobile missiles to fire them.^[4]