Beit Hanania

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This article is about the Moshav Beit Hanania which is located on the Carmel Coast of Israel, not Arab section of the City of Jerusalem known as Beit Hanina. For other uses, see Beit Hanania (disambiguation).

Beit Hanania (Hebrew: בית חנניה) is a moshav located close to the south edge of Mount Carmel. It was founded in 1950 by Jewish settlers from Eastern Europe, and is named after Hanania Gottlib, a leader of Palestine Jewish Colonization Association(PICA) in Israel.

[edit] Geography

Coordinates: 32°31′43.67″N 34°55′36.11″E / 32.5287972, 34.9266972
Beit Hanania
Beit Hanania Location within Israel

Beit Hanania is close to the Mediterranean coast, ans a few kilometers from Zikhron Ya'aqov.

Access to Beit Hanania is from Highway 4, known as the Old Haifa - Tel Aviv Road.

[edit] Attractions

The northern section of the aqueduct, as well as a second aqueduct built in Hadrian's time, which connected to the older one is located at the entrance of Beit Hanania.

The Taninim River Nature Reserve is located near the moshav. The Taninim River flows through the park. The river and park are named after the alligators (Hebrew: taninim) that, until the beginning of the 20th century, lived in the nearby Cabra swamp.