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Yitav is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley. Located just north of Jericho and west of the Palestinian village of al-Auja, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 175.

Established as a Nahal settlement in 1970, it was recognised by the state in 1977, and began operating as a kibbutz. It was named a memorial to Yitzhak Tabenkin, one of the leaders of the Israeli kibbutz movement, it subsequently reorganized into a moshav shitufi (though remaining within the Kibbutz Movement), whose members today are immigrants from the former Soviet Union (34 families). Subtropical agriculture is the main economic activity in Yitav , although some members have outside jobs in the surrounding area or in Jerusalem.

Yitav Nature Reserve located 4 km south of Yitav covers the canyon of Nahal Yitav (Wadi al-Auja) with its springs.

External links

Yitav on Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council site .

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