Lapid

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Lapid לַפִּיד
Lapid
Coordinates: 31°54′59.39″N 35°1′59.15″E / 31.9164972°N 35.0330972°E / 31.9164972; 35.0330972Coordinates: 31°54′59.39″N 35°1′59.15″E / 31.9164972°N 35.0330972°E / 31.9164972; 35.0330972
Council	Hevel Modi'in
Region	Hevel Modiin
Founded	1996
Population	2,400

Lapid (Hebrew: לַפִּיד, lit. Torch) is an Israeli communal settlement. Located near Modi'in, Lapid falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2007, it had a population of 2,400.

History

Lapid was established in 1996. It was built on a strip of land designated no man's land inside the Green Line. Before 1967, this territory did not belong to either Jordan or Israel.^[1]

References

↑ Case Study: The Modi'in Illit Bloc

External links

Lapid website (Hebrew)

View of Lapid and Kfar HaOranim

v t e Hevel Modi'in Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Be'erot Yitzhak

Moshavim	Ahisamakh Bareket Beit Arif Beit Nehemia Ben Shemen Bnei Atarot Ginaton Gimzo Giv'at Ko'ah Hadid Kerem Ben Shemen Kfar Daniel Kfar Ruth Kfar Truman Mazor Nehalim Rinatia Shilat Tirat Yehuda

Communal settlements	Lapid Mevo Modi'im Nofekh

Youth villages	Ben Shemen Youth Village

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