Beit Nehemia
Beit Nehemia
בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה | |
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| Etymology: House of Nehemiah | |
  Beit Nehemia | |
| Coordinates: 31°58′37.56″N 34��57′16.92″E / 31.9771000°N 34.9547000°ECoordinates: 31°58′37.56″N 34°57′16.92″E / 31.9771000°N 34.9547000°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hevel Modi'in |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Population (2019)[1] | 879 |
Beit Nehemia (Hebrew: בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה, lit. House of Nehemiah) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 879.[1]
History[]
The village was established in 1950 on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Beit Nabala[2] by Jewish immigrants from Persia. It was named after the Biblical prophet Nehemiah, who left Persia for Israel like the modern founders.[3][4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 366. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.113, ISBN 965-220-186-3
- ^ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.26-27
- ^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.11, ISBN 965-220-423-4
External links[]
Media related to Beit Nehemia at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Hevel Modi'in Regional Council
- Moshavim
- Populated places established in 1950
- Populated places in Central District (Israel)
- 1950 establishments in Israel