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Sde Uziyahu (Hebrew: שדה עוזיהו, lit. Uziyahu Field) is a moshav in the South District of Israel, located near the city of Ashdod. It belongs to the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council.
Sde Uziyahu was founded in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Libya. Originally named Ahsdod D, Yad Shimshon and Uziyah, it was finally named after Uzziah of Judah (Uziyahu in Hebrew), who, according to the Bible, built cities in the current location of the moshav.[1]
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- ^ (2005) Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel, Yuval Elʻazari (ed.), Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing, p. 525. ISBN 9657184347. (Hebrew)
