Kannot

Kannot
Etymology: Seedlings
Kannot is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Kannot
Kannot
Location within Ashkelon region of Israel
Coordinates: 31°48′8″N 34°45′9″E / 31.80222°N 34.75250°E / 31.80222; 34.75250
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
SubdistrictAshkelon
CouncilBe'er Tuvia
Founded1952
FounderHistadrut Workers' Council
Population
 (2024)
82
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 2024 it had a population of 82.

Etymology

It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16: (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".

History

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  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.