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Bitan Aharon

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District
  
Central

Affiliation
  
Agricultural Union

Population (2015)
  
361

Council
  
Hefer Valley

Founded
  
1936

Local time
  
Thursday 11:45 PM

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Weather
  
14°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity

Bitan aharon nature reserve


Bitan Aharon (Hebrew: בִּיתַן אַהֲרֹן‎, lit. Aharon's Pavilion) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 361.

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Map of Bitan Aharon, Israel

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History

The moshav was founded in 1936. During its first years the members of the moshav hired workers to plant orange groves while its members lived in the cities. A decade later the village became more developed with new settlers joining. In 1947 it had a population of 100. The village was named after Aharon Freeman, a Canadian Zionist activist.

Bitan Aharon nature reserve

A 46-dunam nature reserve was declared in 1968, just east of the moshav. The reserve covers part of the second (middle) Kurkar ridge that runs on a north-south axis in this part of the Israeli coastal plain, and therefore includes a number of ancient rock-hewn tombs and burial caves. Flora includes Ziziphus spina-christi and Pancratium parviflorum.

References

Bitan Aharon Wikipedia