Beit Rimon
| Beit Rimon בֵּית רִמּוֹן, בית רימון | |
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  Beit Rimon | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′55″N 35°19′47″E / 32.78194°N 35.32972°ECoordinates: 32°46′55″N 35°19′47″E / 32.78194°N 35.32972°E | |
| Council | Lower Galilee |
| Region | Lower Galilee |
| Affiliation | Religious Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founded by | Nahal |
| Website | www.bet-rimon.co.il |
Beit Rimon (Hebrew: בֵּית רִמּוֹן, lit. House of the Pomegranate) is a religious kibbutz in Israel. It is named after the Biblical Rimon in the Tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13), which "is identified with er-Rumane"[1] at today's Arab village of Rumana, 2 km to the west. Located in the Lower Galilee on a ridge of mount Toraan at a height of 400 meters above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 294.
It was first settled in 1977 as a Nahal settlement and later became a civilian-inhabited village in 1979. Nowadays there are more than 60 families who live in the village. Part of them live in the kibbutz, part of them live in private houses in the communal neighborhood and part of them rents houses in the kibbutz.
The main economic branches of the kibbutz (one of which is a Dairy Herd in partnership with kibbutz Gesher and kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov) include a chicken coop, and a company which imports and markets work tools.
The kibbutz also houses a pre-military school otherwise known as a mechina.
References
- ↑ Negev,Avraham/Gibson,Shimon, Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, New York/London 2001, p.436, ISBN 0-8264-1316-1 (English)
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