Bnei Zion

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Bnei Zion
בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן‎
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Bnei Zion is located in Central Israel
Bnei Zion
Bnei Zion
Coordinates: 32°13′5.15″N 34°52′5.52″E / 32.2180972°N 34.8682000°E / 32.2180972; 34.8682000Coordinates: 32°13′5.15″N 34°52′5.52″E / 32.2180972°N 34.8682000°E / 32.2180972; 34.8682000
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilHof HaSharon
AffiliationAgricultural Union
Founded27 March 1947
Founded byJewish Agency
Population
 (2019)[1]
1,370
Websitewww.bnaizion.org.il

Bnei Zion (Hebrew: בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן, lit. Sons of Zion) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around four and a half kilometres north of Ra'anana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 1,370.[1]

History[]

Bnei Zion was established on 27 March 1947 by the Jewish Agency for Israel, and was initially called Gva'ot Ra'anana (גבעות רעננה, lit. Ra'anana Hills) before being renamed after Bnai Zion, the American organisation that helped found it.

Bnei Zion 27 March 1947

Nature reserve[]

Just west of the moshav is a 100-dunam nature reserve, declared in 1968.[2] The reserve is a remnant of the natural state of the Sharon plain, rich in flora that grows well in iron-rich soil.[3]

Notable residents[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  3. ^ "Bnei Zion Nature Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-10-12.

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