Yinon

Yinon
Moshav entrance
Yinon
Coordinates: 31°44′27.23″N 34°46′57.36″E / 31.7408972°N 34.7826000°E / 31.7408972; 34.7826000Coordinates: 31°44′27.23″N 34°46′57.36″E / 31.7408972°N 34.7826000°E / 31.7408972; 34.7826000
District	Southern
Council	Be'er Tuvia
Affiliation	Moshavim Movement
Founded	1952
Founded by	Yemenite immigrants
Population (2015)^[1]	1,116

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 2015 it had a population of 1,116.

History

The moshav was founded 1952 by immigrants from Yemen. Its name was taken from a passage in the Bible,^[2] Psalm 72:17: God's name "shall flourish as long as the sun".

References

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel (in Hebrew). Yuval Elʻazari (ed.). Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing. 2005. p. 222. ISBN 965-7184-34-7.

Be'er Tuvia Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Hatzor

Moshavim	Arugot Avigdor Azrikam Be'er Tuvia Beit Ezra Bitzaron Emunim Giv'ati Hatzav Kfar Ahim Kfar Warburg Neve Mivtah Nir Banim Orot Sde Uziyahu Shtulim Talmei Yechiel Timorim Yenon

Other villages	Ahva Ezer Kannot

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