Ginaton

Ginaton גִּנָּתוֹן‎
Entrance gate with a wood-carved street plan
Ginaton
Coordinates: 31°57′44.63″N 34°54′50.75″E / 31.9623972°N 34.9140972°E / 31.9623972; 34.9140972Coordinates: 31°57′44.63″N 34°54′50.75″E / 31.9623972°N 34.9140972°E / 31.9623972; 34.9140972
District	Central
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1949
Founded by	Bulgarian immigrants
Population (2015)^[1]	884

Ginaton (Hebrew: גִּנָּתוֹן‎) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Shemen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 884.

History

The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Bulgaria. Its name is taken from the Book of Nehemiah 10:7.^[2] The founders were later joined by more immigrants from Hungary, Iran, North Africa and Romania.

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Nehemiah Chapter 10 Mechon Mamre

Hevel Modi'in Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Be'erot Yitzhak

Moshavim	Ahisamakh Bareket Beit Arif Beit Nehemia Ben Shemen Bnei Atarot Ginaton Gimzo Giv'at Ko'ah Hadid Kerem Ben Shemen Kfar Daniel Kfar Ruth Kfar Truman Mazor Nehalim Rinatya Shilat Tirat Yehuda

Community settlements	Lapid Mevo Modi'im Nofekh

Youth village	Ben Shemen Youth Village

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