Gidona
| Gidona גִּדְעוֹנָה | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • standard | Gid'ona |
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  Gidona | |
| Coordinates: 32°32′57.48″N 35°21′27.72″E / 32.5493000°N 35.3577000°ECoordinates: 32°32′57.48″N 35°21′27.72″E / 32.5493000°N 35.3577000°E | |
| Council | Gilboa |
| Region | Gilboa |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founded by | Immigrants from Yemen |
Gidona or Gid'onah (Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹנָה) is a communal settlement near Ma'ayan Harod and Ein Harod in northern Israel. It belongs to the Gilboa Regional Council.
Gidona was founded in 1949 as a moshav of workers by immigrants to Israel from Yemen. Near the cemetery of the first settlers of Ein Harod and Tel Yosef.
In the 1960s the moshav became a communal settlement.
Gidona is named after the prophet Gidon, who selected his soldiers for the war against Midyan in the nearby land, as described in the Book of Judges (f.e. chapter 7, verse 1).
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