Adanim

This article is about the moshav. For the youth village, see Adanim Youth Village.
Adanim
עֲדָנִים
Adanim
Coordinates: 32°8′26.52″N 34°54′25.55″E / 32.1407000°N 34.9070972°E / 32.1407000; 34.9070972Coordinates: 32°8′26.52″N 34°54′25.55″E / 32.1407000°N 34.9070972°E / 32.1407000; 34.9070972
District Central
Council Drom HaSharon
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1950
Founded by Romanian immigrants
Population (2014)[1] 467

Adanim (Hebrew: עֲדָנִים, engl. Delights) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Hod HaSharon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2014 it had a population of 467.

History

The moshav was founded in 1950 by immigrants from Romania, and was initially called Yarkona BeHarhava (Hebrew: ירקונה בהרחבה, lit. Yarkona Expansion) and then renamed after Psalm 36:8(9):[2] "You give them drink from Your river of delights."

References

  1. 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jeruusalem 1999, Carta, p.52, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
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