{{Short description|Kibbutz in central Israel}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Nahshonim | image = Nachshonim inside the Kibutz.jpg | hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|נַחְשׁוֹנִים}} | founded = 1949 | founded_by = Egyptian Jewish immigrants | district = center | council = Drom HaSharon | affiliation = Kibbutz Movement | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Nahshonim}} | population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel center ta |pushpin_mapsize=250 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|32|3|36|N|34|56|52|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}thumb|Nahshonim in 1948
'''Nahshonim''' ({{langx|he|נַחְשׁוֹנִים||Pioneers}}) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the south of the Sharon plain near Rosh HaAyin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Nahshonim}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==History== Kibbutz Nahshonim was founded in 1949 by a group largely made up of Egyptian Jewish immigrants and refugees,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Arrivals-From-Cairo-to-Haifa-1949|title=Arrivals: From Cairo to Haifa, 1949|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=29 November 2007}}</ref> as well as a few Jews born in Israel. They chose the name, well aware of its roots in the biblical pioneer Nahshon, who helped Moses during the Exodus from Egypt.
It is well known in Israel for its motor park{{clarify |What is a "motor park"? |date= July 2025}} and the "Nahshonit" entertainment park.
==Notable residents== *Harel Levy (born 1978), tennis player and Davis Cup team captain *Shalom Cohen (politician) *Antonio Negri, Italian political philosopher
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{{Drom HaSharon Regional Council}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Kibbutzim Category:Kibbutz Movement Category:Populated places established in 1949 Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel) Category:1949 establishments in Israel Category:Egyptian-Jewish culture in Israel