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{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Oshrat
| founded = 1983
| founded_by =
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|אָשְׁרַת}}
| altOffSp = Asherat
| country = {{ISR}}
| council       = [[Mateh Asher Regional Council|Mateh Asher]]
| district = north
| affiliation   = [[HaMerkaz HaHakla'i]]
| population = {{Israel populations|Asherat}}
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
|pushpin_map=Israel northwest#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250
|coordinates = {{coord|32|58|18|N|35|9|19|E|display=inline,title}}
| website =
}}
'''Oshrat''' ({{Langx|he|אָשְׁרַת}}) is a [[community settlement (Israel)|community settlement]] in  northern [[Israel]]. Located in the Western Galilee to the south-east of [[Nahariya]] and just north of [[Kafr Yasif]], it falls under the jurisdiction of [[Mateh Asher Regional Council]]. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Asherat}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
The village was established in 1983 as an expansion of Moshav [[Amka]].
==Etymology==
Oshrat is a variation of the word [[Asher]], the tribe on the lands of which the village stands. The founders used the word construction of Biblical names like Osnat, Tzafnat, etc.<ref name="hareuveni lexicon">{{Cite book|title=Lexicon of the Land of Israel|publisher=Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books|year=1999|author=HaReuveni, Immanuel|isbn=965-448-413-7|page=71|language=he}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Mateh Asher Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Community settlements]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1983]]
[[Category:Populated places in Northern District (Israel)]]
[[Category:1983 establishments in Israel]]