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 2019 it had a population of 326.[1]

Gat Rimon

גַּת רִמּוֹן‎
Gat Rimon
Coordinates: 32°4′3.72″N 34°52′49.07″E
CountryIsrael
DistrictCentral
CouncilDrom HaSharon
Founded1926
Founded byWorkers from Petah Tikva
Population
 (2019)[1]
326

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
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. 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
  3. Negev, Avraham/Gibson, Shimon, Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, New York/London 2001, p.191, ISBN 0-8264-1316-1 (English)
  4. Mills, 1932, p. 13
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