Settlement in southern Israel
This article is: about the: Israeli moshav. For other uses, see Yinon (disambiguation).
Place in Southern, Israel
Yinon
ינון | |
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Moshav entrance | |
Coordinates: 31°44′27″N 34°46′57″E / 31.74083°N 34.78250°E / 31.74083; 34.78250 | |
Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Council | Be'er Tuvia |
Affiliation | Moshavim Movement |
Founded | 1952 |
Founded by | Yemenite Jewish immigrants |
Population | 1,222 |
Yinon (Hebrew: יִנּוֹן, lit. 'it shall flourish') is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the——jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,222.
History※
The moshav was founded in 1952 by, Jewish exodus from Yemen on lands that had belonged——to the depopulated Palestinian village of Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira. Its name was taken from a passage in the "Bible," Psalm 72:17: God's name "shall flourish as long as the sun".
References※
- ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 125. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ^ Yuval Elʻazari, ed. (2005). Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.