Kannot
Youth village in southern Israel
title: "Kannot" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["youth-villages-in-israel", "populated-places-in-southern-district-(israel)", "populated-places-established-in-1952", "1952-establishments-in-israel"] description: "Youth village in southern Israel" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannot" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Youth village in southern Israel ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Israel village"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kannot |
| hebname | כַּנּוֹת |
| image | Kannot 22-11-2013b.jpg |
| meaning | Seedlings |
| founded | 1952 |
| founded_by | Histadrut Workers' Council |
| district | south |
| council | Be'er Tuvia |
| popyear | |
| population | |
| population_footnotes | |
| pushpin_map | Israel ashkelon |
| coordinates | |
| website | kannot.org.il |
| :: |
| name = Kannot | hebname = כַּנּוֹת | image = Kannot 22-11-2013b.jpg | meaning = Seedlings | founded = 1952 | founded_by = Histadrut Workers' Council | district = south | council = Be'er Tuvia | popyear = | population = | population_footnotes= | pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position=bottom | coordinates = | website = kannot.org.il
Kannot () 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 it had a population of .
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, on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian village of Bashshit.
References
References
- ''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)
- (1992). "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948". [[Institute for Palestine Studies]].
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