Tzafria is a religious moshav

Moshav

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 in central Israel

Israel

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. Located near Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport

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, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lod Valley Regional Council

Lod Valley Regional Council

Lod Valley Regional Council is a regional council in the Center District of Israel. Founded in 1952, it borders Ben Gurion International Airport and Or Yehuda to the north, Hevel Modi'in Regional Council and Lod to the east, Be'er Ya'akov and Ramla to the south and Beit Dagan and Rishon LeZion to...

. In 2006 it had a population of 600.

The village was founded in 1949 by immigrants

Aliyah

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 from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 and Hungary

Hungary

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 on the land of the abandoned Arab village of al-Safiriyya

Al-Safiriyya

Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 War on May 20, 1948. It was located 11 km east of Jaffa. al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines and Crusaders as Sapharea or Saphyria.In 1945 it had a population of...

. Its name is derived from that of the former Arab village, and was initially called Safria Alef and then Kfar Tzafria before adopting the current name.