Be'er Ya'akov
Be'er Ya'akov
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Bˀer Yaˁqob |
| • Forby spelt | Be'er Ya'aqov (offeecial) |
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  Be'er Ya'akov | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′33.14″N 34°50′1.5″E / 31.9425389°N 34.833750°ECoordinates: 31°56′33.14″N 34°50′1.5″E / 31.9425389°N 34.833750°E | |
| Destrict | Central |
| Foondit | 1907 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Local cooncil (frae 1949) |
| • Head of Municipality | Nissim Gozlan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,401 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
| Name meanin | Jacob's well |
Be'er Ya'akov (Hebrew: בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב, lit. Jacob's Well) is a toun wi local cooncil status in the central Israel, near Ness Ziona an Rishon LeZion.
Be'er Ya'akov haes an aurie o 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²).[2] In December 2006, it haed a population o 18,401 in 2015. Be'er Ya'akov wis foondit in 1907 bi Jewish immigrants frae Dagestan. In 1947, it haed a population o 400.[3] It achieved local cooncil status in 1949.
Be'er Ya'akov wis named efter Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi an Jewish pioneer.[4]
Durin the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, an till the Israeli capture o Ramla in Julie o 1948, Be'er Ya'akov wis in the frontline. The population at that time wis evacuatit an a new dounset, Be'er Shalom, wis established nearbi bi members o Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer trainin group formed in post-Warld War II Germany.[3][5]
Twa hospitals are locatit in Be'er Ya'akov: Asaf HaRofe Hospital (near Tzrifin), an Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital.
Sports
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov is the local fitbaa club.
- Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov B.C., the local basketbaw club, plays in Liga Leumit, the seicont tier.
Transportion
[eedit | eedit soorce]Be'er Ya'akov is served bi the Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, for trains on the Binyamina-Ashkelon line.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Be'er Ya'akov" (PDF) (in Ebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ a b Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 14.
- ↑ HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel (in Ebrew). Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 76. ISBN 965-448-413-7.
- ↑ Kibbutz Buchenwald, Judy Baumel
