Kannot

Coordinates: 31°48′8″N 34°45′9″E / 31.80222°N 34.75250°E / 31.80222; 34.75250
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Kannot
כַּנּוֹת
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; 34.75250
CountryIsrael
DistrictSouthern
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
Founded1952
Founded byHistadrut Workers' Council
Population
 (2022)[1]
364
Websitekannot.org.il

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]

Etymology[edit]

It 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[edit]

The 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]

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, Israeli Program for Scientific Translations, 1962, p.211
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ 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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