Bnaya
Bnaya
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  Bnaya Location within Central Israel  Bnaya Location within Israel | |
| Coordinates: 31°50′36″N 34°45′8″E / 31.84333°N 34.75222°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Subdistrict | Rehovot |
| Council | Brenner |
| Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Czechoslovak, Hungarian, Polish and Romanian Jews |
| Population (2024)[1] | 893 |
Bnaya (Hebrew: בְּנַיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the westernmost portion of the Shephelah near Ashdod, Gedera and Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 893.[1]
History
[edit]The village was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, and was initially named Yavne HaDromit (יבנה הדרומית, lit. Southern Yavne) due to its location south of the town.[2] However, later after a process of metathesis of the word "Yavne" the name was changed to Bnaya, named after "an officer under David" mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:22,[3][4] a member of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:36) dwelling in this area.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ El'azari, Yuval, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Mapa Publishing. pp. 85–86. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.
- ↑ Place Names in Israel, Jerusalem 1962, p35
- ↑ Hanna Bitan (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, p13 ISBN 965-220-423-4 (in Hebrew)
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Categories:
- Brenner Regional Council
- Moshavim
- Populated places established in 1949
- Populated places in Central District (Israel)
- 1949 establishments in Israel
- Czech-Jewish culture in Israel
- Hungarian-Jewish culture in Israel
- Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
- Romanian-Jewish culture in Israel
- Slovak-Jewish culture in Israel