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| Year |  | Population | | Area | | Governorate | | Region | | State | Type | | 2007 | | 401 | | | | Southern District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli local council | | | 1995 | | 488 | | | | Southern District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli local council | | | 1983 | | 580 | | | | Southern District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli local council | | | 1972 | | 554 | | | | Southern District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli local council | | | 1961 | | 497 | | | | Southern District | | Israel | | Israel | Israeli local council | | | 1945 | | 20 | | | | Beersheba | | Palestine | | British Mandate | Zionist settlement | | | 1916 | | | | | | Mutasarrif of Jerusalem | | Mutasarrif of Jerusalem | | Ottoman Empire | Zionist settlement | |
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Description
Ruhama was established by Zionist settlers in 1911 on land from the Palestinian village of Jammamah purchased by Russian Jews in Moscow. The group included members of the socialist Zionist movement Hashomer Hatzair, which used the farm as a base for its a |
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