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| Beit Dagan consiglio locale | |
|---|---|
| (HE) בֵּית דָּגָן | |
 | |
| Localizzazione | |
| Stato |  Israele
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| Distretto | Centrale |
| Sottodistretto | Ramla |
| Amministrazione | |
| Sindaco | Elyahu Dadon |
| Data di istituzione | 1948 |
| Territorio | |
| Superficie | 1,53 km² |
| Abitanti | 7 644 (2021) |
| Densità | 4 996,08 ab./km² |
| Altre informazioni | |
| Fuso orario | UTC+2 |
| Sito istituzionale | |
Beit Dagan (in ebraico בֵּית דָּגָן?, letteralmente "casa del grano") è una città israeliana con lo status di consiglio locale, vicino a Rishon LeZion. La città aveva una popolazione di 7 644 abitanti nel 2021.[1]
Storia
During the Ottoman period, the area of Beit Dagan belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.[2]
Beit Dagan was founded in 1948 at the site of the Palestinian village Bayt Dajan by Mizrahi Jewish immigrants from Yemen and North Africa. It is probably situated in the area of Biblical Beit Dagon,[3] a village in the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:41). Dagan, or Dagon, was also the name of an early semitic deity, and one of Dagans most important functions was guaranteeing abundant harvests of grain. Beit Dagan was awarded local council status in 1958.
The Israel Meteorological Service is located in Beit Dagan.
Climate
Beit Dagan has a Mediterranean climate with hot and rainless summers, and with cold and rainy winters. Springs and autumns are cool to warm. Humidity is high during winter and low during summer, which makes summers rainless and hot, between average high of 30.8 °C (87.4 °F) and average low of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). Winters are rainy and mild, between average high of 18.5 °C (65.3 °F) and average low of 7.6 °C (45.7 °F). Beit Dagan receives 550.5 mm (21.7 in) of precipitation per year and there are only 7 months of heavy rain.
Transportation
Beit Dagan's main transportation hub is the Beit Dagan Junction, between highway 44 and route 412, serving as a bus terminal for lines to Rishon LeZion, Tzrifin, Ashkelon, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rehovot, etc.
The large Shapirim Interchange (intersection of Highway 1 and Route 412) is located on the northern side of town.
Notable residents
- Yam Madar (born 2000), Israeli professional basketball player
Note
- ^ (EN) Regional Statistics, in Central Bureau of Statistics. URL consultato il 13 luglio 2023.
- ^ Roy Marom, Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period, in Diospolis - City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod, vol. 8, 2022, pp. 103-136.
- ^ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.108, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English), Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources. Translated from Hebrew, Jerusalem 1962 (Israel Prime Minister's Office. The Israeli Program for Scientific Translations) p.22 - Location of the book: Ben Zvi Institute Library, 12 Abarbanel St., Jerusalem; in the online-catalogue - Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol 11: Appendices, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.75 (Hebrew), su ybz.org.il. URL consultato il 29 luglio 2013 (archiviato dall'url originale il 25 luglio 2013).
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