Bitan Aharon
| Bitan Aharon בִּיתַן אַהֲרֹן | |
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Bitan Aharon secretariat building | |
  Bitan Aharon | |
| Coordinates: 32°21′55.79″N 34°52′10.55″E / 32.3654972°N 34.8695972°ECoordinates: 32°21′55.79″N 34°52′10.55″E / 32.3654972°N 34.8695972°E | |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hefer Valley |
| Affiliation | Agricultural Union |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Population (2015)[1] | 361 |
Bitan Aharon (Hebrew: בִּיתַן אַהֲרֹן, lit. Aharon's Pavilion) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 361.[1]
History
The moshav was founded in 1936. During its first years the members of the moshav hired workers to plant orange groves while its members lived in the cities. A decade later the village became more developed with new settlers joining. In 1947 it had a population of 100.[2] The village was named after Aharon Freeman, a Canadian Zionist activist.
Bitan Aharon nature reserve
A 46-dunam nature reserve was declared in 1968,[3] just east of the moshav. The reserve covers part of the second (middle) Kurkar ridge that runs on a north-south axis in this part of the Israeli coastal plain, and therefore includes a number of ancient rock-hewn tombs and burial caves. Flora includes Ziziphus spina-christi and Pancratium parviflorum.[4]
References
- 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. p. 191.
- ↑ "List of National Parks and Nature Reserves" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ↑ "Bitan Aharon Nature Reserve" (in Hebrew). iNature.info. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
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| Southern District | |
| Eilat Region | |
† Located in the Israeli-occupied territories | |
