Kannot

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Kannot
כַּנּוֹת‎
كنوت
Kannot 22-11-2013b.jpg
Etymology: Seedlings
Kannot is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Kannot
Kannot
Coordinates: 31°48′8″N 34°45′9″E / 31.80222°N 34.75250°E / 31.80222; 34.75250Coordinates: 31°48′8″N 34°45′9″E / 31.80222°N 34.75250°E / 31.80222; 34.75250
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
Founded1952
Founded byHistadrut Workers' Council
Population
 (2019)[1]
439
Websitekannot.org.il

Kannot (Hebrew: כַּנּוֹת, eng. Seedlings) is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 439.[1]

Etymology[]

It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16:[2] (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".

History[]

The village was founded in 1952 by the Workers' Council of the Histadrut, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ 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.211 (Location of the book: Ben Zvi Institute Library, 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem; in the online-catalogue: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
    Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.31, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
  3. ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 363. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

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