Be'er Ya'akov
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| • Hebrew | בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב | ||
| • ISO 259 | Bˀer Yaˁqob | ||
| • Also spelled | Be'er Ya'aqov (official) | ||
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 Be'er Ya'akov
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| Coordinates: 31°56′33.14″N 34°50′1.5″E / 31.9425389°N 34.83375°ECoordinates: 31°56′33.14″N 34°50′1.5″E / 31.9425389°N 34.83375°E | |||
| District | Center | ||
| Founded | 1907 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Local council (from 1949) | ||
| • Head of Municipality | Nissim Gozlan | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 8,580 dunams (8.58 km2 or 3.31 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006)[1] | |||
| • Total | 9,400 | ||
| Name meaning | Jacob's well | ||
Be'er Ya'akov (Hebrew: בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב, lit. Jacob's Well) is a town with local council status in the central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion.
Be'er Ya'akov has an area of 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²).[2] In December 2006, it had a population of 9,400.[1] Be'er Ya'akov was founded in 1907 by Jewish immigrants from Dagestan. In 1947, it had a population of 400.[3] It achieved local council status in 1949.
Be'er Ya'akov was named after Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi and Jewish pioneer.[4]
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and until the Israeli capture of Ramla in July 1948, Be'er Ya'akov was in the frontline. The population at that time was evacuated and a new settlement, Be'er Shalom, was established nearby by members of Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer training group formed in post-World War II Germany.[3][5]
Two hospitals are located in Be'er Ya'akov: Asaf HaRofe Hospital (near Tzrifin), and Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital.
[edit] Sports
- Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov is the local football club.
- Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov B.C., the local basketball club, plays in Liga Leumit, the second tier.
[edit] Transportion
Be'er Ya'akov is served by the Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, for trains on the Binyamina-Ashkelon line.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007-12-31. http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Be'er Ya'akov" (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/344_2530.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ a b Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. pp. 14.
- ^ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999) (in Hebrew). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 76. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- ^ Kibbutz Buchenwald, Judy Baumel
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