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District
  
Southern

Founded
  
1952

Name meaning
  
Seedlings

Council
  
Be'er Tuvia

Population (2015)
  
355

Local time
  
Friday 1:45 AM

Kannot

Founded by
  
Histadrut Workers' Council

Weather
  
14°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 95% Humidity

Kannot (Hebrew: כַּנּוֹת‎, eng. Seedlings) is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 355.

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Etymology

It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16: (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".

History

The village was founded in 1952 by the Workers' Council of the Histadrut and belongs to the Na'amat organisation.

References

Kannot Wikipedia