Beit Nehemia

Beit Nehemia
בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה‎
Beit Nehemia
Coordinates: 31°58′37.56″N 34°57′16.92″E / 31.9771000°N 34.9547000°E / 31.9771000; 34.9547000Coordinates: 31°58′37.56″N 34°57′16.92″E / 31.9771000°N 34.9547000°E / 31.9771000; 34.9547000
District Central
Council Hevel Modi'in
Affiliation HaOved HaTzioni
Founded 1950
Population (2015)[1] 887

Beit Nehemia (Hebrew: בֵּית נְחֶמְיָה‎, lit. House of Nehemiah) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 887.

History

The village was established in 1950 on the land of the destroyed Arab village of Beit Nabala by Jewish immigrants from Persia. It was named after the Biblical prophet Nehemiah, who left Persia for Israel like the modern founders.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.113, ISBN 965-220-186-3
  3. ↑ Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister’s Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.26-27
  4. ↑ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.11, ISBN 965-220-423-4

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