Be'er Ya'akov

Be'er Ya'akov (Hebrew: בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב‬, lit. Jacob's Well) is a toun wi local cooncil status in the central Israel, near Ness Ziona an Rishon LeZion. Be'er Ya'akov haes an aurie o 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²). In December 2006, it haed a population o 18,401 in 2015. Be'er Ya'akov wis foondit in 1907 bi Jewish immigrants frae Dagestan. In 1947, it haed a population o 400. It achieved local cooncil status in 1949. Be'er Ya'akov wis named efter Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi an Jewish pioneer. Durin the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, an till the Israeli capture o Ramla in Julie o 1948, Be'er Ya'akov wis in the frontline. The population at that time wis evacuatit an a new dounset, Be'er Shalom, wis established nearbi bi members o Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer trainin group formed in post-Warld War II Germany. Twa hospitals are locatit in Be'er Ya'akov: Asaf HaRofe Hospital (near Tzrifin), an Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital. Sports Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov is the local fitbaa club. Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov B.C., the local basketbaw club, plays in Liga Leumit, the seicont tier. Transportion Be'er Ya'akov is served bi the Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, for trains on the Binyamina-Ashkelon line. References