Beit Yehoshua
Beit Yehoshua
בֵּית יְהוֹשֻעַ | |
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 Village office | |
| Etymology: House of Yehoshua | |
  Beit Yehoshua  Beit Yehoshua | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′40″N 34°51′47″E / 32.26111°N 34.86306°E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Council | Hof HaSharon |
| Affiliation | HaOved HaTzioni |
| Founded | 17 August 1938 |
| Founded by | Akiva and HaNoar HaTzioni members |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,117 |
| Website | www |
Beit Yehoshua (
History
The region of Beit Yehoshua has been inhabited intermittently since the Middle Paleolithic age, with peak periods of settlement during the Byzantine (4th–7th centuries CE) and Late Ottoman periods (19th–early 20th centuries CE).[2] Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon and was part of the lands of the village of Ghabat Kafr Sur. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak, which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation.[3]
The village was established as a
In 1950 it became a moshav shitufi, and later a moshav ovdim.
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Beit Yehoshua 1939 -
Beit Yehoshua 1944 1:20,000 (lower right quadrant)
References
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Marom, Roy (2008). From Time Immemorial: Chapters in the History of Even Yehuda and its Region in Light of Historical and Archaeological Research.
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022-12-01). "The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies". Muse. 5: 90–107.
- ^ a b c Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel. Jerusalem: Hamadpis Liphshitz Press. pp. 22–23.
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