Kannot
Kannot
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| Etymology: Seedlings | |
  Kannot Location within Ashkelon region of Israel | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′8″N 34°45′9″E / 31.80222°N 34.75250°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Subdistrict | Ashkelon |
| Council | Be'er Tuvia |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Founder | Histadrut Workers' Council |
| Population (2024)[1] | 82 |
| Website | kannot.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 2024 it had a population of 82.[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, at a site on the lands of the Palestinian village of Bashshit that was depopulated in 1948.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ 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)
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