Gizo, Israel

Gizo (גִּיזוֹ) is a community settlement in central Israel, northwest of Beit Shemesh, under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of.

History
The village was established in 1960 by the Jewish Agency as a place of residence for teachers of the Gizo Regional Council school, and was named after the nearby biblical city of Gizo (1 Chronicles 11:34). It is on the former lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bayt Jiz, whose name also possibly referred to Gizo.