Rinatya

Rinatya
רִינַּתְיָה
Rinatya
Coordinates: 32°2′37.32″N 34°55′40.44″E / 32.0437000°N 34.9279000°E / 32.0437000; 34.9279000Coordinates: 32°2′37.32″N 34°55′40.44″E / 32.0437000°N 34.9279000°E / 32.0437000; 34.9279000
District Central
Council Hevel Modi'in
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Founded by Moroccan immigrants
Population (2015)[1] 1,134

Rinatya (Hebrew: רִנַּתְיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Petah Tikva and Yehud, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,134.

History

The moshav was established in 1949 by immigrants from Morocco on the land of the depopulated Arab village of Rantiya.[2][3] It today contains 72 farms.

References

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  1. "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. Khalidi, Walid (1992). All that Remains. Washington DC: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 252. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  3. Morris, Benny (2004): The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, p. xxii ISBN 0-521-00967-7
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