Tzafria

Tzafria is a religious moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located near Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of.

History

During the Ottoman period the area of Tzafria belonged to the nahiyeh of Lod. The kibbutz stands on the land of the depopulated Arab Palestinian village of al-Safiriyya.
The kibbutz was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Its name is derived from that of the former Arab village; it was initially called Safria Alef and then Kfar Tzafria before adopting its current name.