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Zanoah () is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

Key facts

Kibbutz.name
Zanoah
Kibbutz.image
Moshav Zanoah as seen from mountain in west.jpg
Kibbutz.foundation
1950
Kibbutz.arname
زنواح
Kibbutz.hebname
זנוח
Kibbutz.founded_by
Yemenite Jews
Kibbutz.district
jerusalem
Kibbutz.council
Mateh Yehuda
Kibbutz.affiliation
Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Kibbutz.pushpin_map
Israel jerusalem
Kibbutz.pushpin_mapsize
250
Kibbutz.grid_position
150125 PAL

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Modern history
  • Education
  • History of archaeological site
  • Gallery of the nearby Zanoah Ruin (Kh. Zanua)
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Zanoah () is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .

==Modern history== The village was established in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen, and was initially named Dayraban Gimel after the nearby depopulated Palestinian village of Dayr Aban. Subsequently, the moshav was renamed Zanoah after the ancient biblical settlement in the Judean Lowlands, mentioned in the Book of Joshua (15:33-34). It is possible that this settlement appears in the Amarna letters under the name "Zano". The ancient settlement is identified with Khurbet Zanuʻ, 1 km south of the moshav. In the following years the founders left and were replaced by immigrants from Morocco.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zanoah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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