District Central Name meaning Jacob's well Local time Wednesday 1:19 AM | Founded 1907 Area 12 km² | |
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Weather 21°C, Wind E at 18 km/h, 48% Humidity | ||
Be'er Ya'akov (Hebrew: בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב, lit. Jacob's Well; Arabic: بئر يعقوب) is a town with local council status in central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion. The town has an area of 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²), and had a population of 18,401 in 2015.
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Map of Be'er Ya'akov, Israel
History
Established in 1907, Be'er Ya'akov was named after Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi and Jewish pioneer, from the Mountain Jews community. According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Be'er Ya'akov had 131 inhabitants., which had increased in the 1931 census to 265 residents, in 58 houses. By 1947 it had a population of 400. It achieved local council status in 1949.
During the 1948 Arab–Israeli war, and until the Israeli capture of Ramla in July 1948, Be'er Ya'akov was in the front line. The population at that time was evacuated and a new settlement, Be'er Shalom, was established nearby by members of Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer training group formed in post-World War II Germany.
Two hospitals are located in Be'er Ya'akov: Assaf HaRofeh Hospital (near Tzrifin), and Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital.
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Transportation
Be'er Ya'akov is served by the Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, for trains on the Binyamina-Ashkelon line.