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
 (2021)[1]
441
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 2021 it had a population of 441.[1]

Etymology

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

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

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  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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