Gat Rimon
Gat Rimon (Hebrew: גַּת רִמּוֹן, lit. Pomegranate press) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Ono Valley in the Sharon plain between Ganei Tikva and Petah Tikva, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2021 it had a population of 317.[1]
Gat Rimon
גַּת רִמּוֹן | |
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  Gat Rimon | |
| Coordinates: 32°4′4″N 34°52′49″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Drom HaSharon |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Founded by | Workers from Petah Tikva |
| Population (2021)[1] | 317 |
History
The moshav was founded in 1926 by workers from Petah Tikva who were children of middle class immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah. It was initially called HaTehiya (Hebrew: התחייה, lit. Revival), but later took the Biblical name[2] of Gat Rimmon, a Levite town in the land of the Tribe of Dan which is mentioned in Joshua 19:45. The Biblical town is "identified with Tel Gerisa"[3] near the Yarkon river in the north of Tel Aviv by the archaeologist Benjamin Mazar. According to the 1931 census Gat Rimon had a population of 142 Jews, in 30 houses.[4]
References
- "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 162, ISBN 965-220-186-3
- Negev, Avraham/Gibson, Shimon, Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, New York/London 2001, p.191, ISBN 0-8264-1316-1 (English)
- Mills, 1932, p. 13