Kannot
{{Short description|Youth village in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| 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 = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Kannot}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel ashkelon |pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label_position=bottom
| coordinates = {{coord|31|48|8|N|34|45|9|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://kannot.org.il/ kannot.org.il]
}}
Kannot ({{langx|he|כַּנּוֹת||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 {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Kannot}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
Etymology
It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16:Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, Israeli Program for Scientific Translations, 1962, p.211Bitan, Hanna (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, p.31, {{ISBN|965-220-423-4}} (Hebrew) (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.{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=363}}
References
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External links
- [http://kannot.org.il/ Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Be'er Tuvia Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Youth villages in Israel
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)