Nahla Colony

Nahla is a settlement located in the south-central region of occupied Palestine. It lies a few kilometers north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi. It was established in 1953 by the Yemeni Zionist refugees on land that once belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Simsim.

The founders had originally established Moshav Agur in 1950, along with the nearby settlement of Menuha. The name “Nahla” is derived from the Menuha VeNahla organization (Hebrew: מנוחה ונחלה), which also founded the city of Rehovot.

As of 2022, the population of the settlement was 725 settlers.