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Year |  | Population |  | Area |  | Governorate |  | Region |  | State | Type | 2007 |  | 774 |  | |  | Southern District |  | Israel |  | Israel | Israeli local council |  | 1995 |  | 724 |  | |  | Southern District |  | Israel |  | Israel | Israeli local council |  | 1983 |  | 642 |  | |  | Southern District |  | Israel |  | Israel | Israeli local council |  | 1972 |  | 659 |  | |  | Southern District |  | Israel |  | Israel | Israeli local council |  | 1961 |  | 602 |  | |  | Southern District |  | Israel |  | Israel | Israeli local council |  | 1945 |  | 690 |  | |  | Gaza |  | Palestine |  | British Mandate | Zionist settlement |  |
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Population sources and information
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Description In 1887, Zionist settlers founded a moshav named Qastina, after the neighboring Arab village. Another of the projects supported by Baron Rothschild, the collective farm foundered and was nearly abandoned until, in 1896, the association of Hovevei Zion in |
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