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Ayanot
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| Etymology: Springs | |
  Ayanot Location within Central Israel  Ayanot Location within Israel | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′57″N 34°46′5″E / 31.91583°N 34.76806°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Subdistrict | Rehovot |
| Council | Gan Raveh |
| Founded | 30 March 1930–12 January 1932 |
| Founded by | Ada Maimon |
| Population (2024)[1] | 121 |
| Website | ayanot.org.il |
Ayanot (Hebrew: עֲיָנוֹת, lit. 'Fountains') is a youth village in central Israel. Located near Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 121.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The village was named after the numerous springs in the area, though other sources claim it is taken from Deuteronomy 8:7; "For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills."[2] The Jewish National Fund wrote in 1949 that the name is derived from the Arabic.[3]
History
[edit]The foundation of the village began with the purchase of 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land by Ada Maimon as a girl's training farm[3] in 1926. The village was established on 30 March 1930, though no-one lived on the site until Maimon, ten girls and a guard moved in on 12 January 1932; until then they had lived in nearby Ness Ziona.[3]
During World War II, the village became an agricultural school and took in young Holocaust survivors who had succeeded in immigrating. Today it is home to a boarding school for 180 pupils. A few years ago, the agricultural school opened a miniature horse farm and one of its horses was a runner-up in the 2008 world championship for miniature horses.[4]
In 2010, the village celebrated its 80th anniversary.[4]
Gallery
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Ayanot 1941 1:20,000
Ayanot1945 1:250,000
Ayanot 1930
Ayanot 1934
Ayanot 1945
Worker's farm 1945
Young people studying at Ayanot, 1948
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ "Deuteronomy Chapter 8". Mechon Mamre.
- 1 2 3 Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 9.
- 1 2 Noah Kosharek (4 March 2010). "Runner-up in mini-horse tourney becomes a first-time father". Haaretz. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.