Kannot (Hebrew: כַּנּוֹת, lit. '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 2022 it had a population of 364.[1]
Kannot
כַּנּוֹת | |
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| Etymology: Seedlings | |
  Kannot | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′8″N 34°45′9″E / 31.80222°N 34.75250°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founded by | Histadrut Workers' Council |
| Population (2022)[1] | 364 |
| Website | kannot.org.il |
Etymology
editIt is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16:[2][3] (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".
History
editThe village was founded in 1952 by the Workers' Council of the Histadrut, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, Israeli Program for Scientific Translations, 1962, p.211
- ^ Bitan, Hanna (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, p.31, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Official website (in Hebrew)