Be'er Ya'akov

Be'er Ya'akov בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב‎‎ بئر يعقوب‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Bˀer Yaˁqob
• Also spelled	Be'er Ya'aqov (official)
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Be'er Ya'akov
Coordinates:
District	Central
Founded	1907
Government
• Type	Local council (from 1949)
• Head of Municipality	Nissim Gozlan
Area
• Total	8,580 dunams (8.58 km2 or 3.31 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	9,400
Name meaning	Jacob's well

Be'er Ya'akov (Hebrew: בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב‎, lit. Jacob's Well; Arabic: بئر يعقوب‎‎) is a town with local council status in central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion.

Be'er Ya'akov has an area of 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²). In December 2006, it had a population of 9,400. Be'er Ya'akov was founded in 1907 by Jewish immigrants from Dagestan. In 1947, it had a population of 400. It achieved local council status in 1949.

Be'er Ya'akov was named after Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi and Jewish pioneer.

During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and until the Israeli capture of Ramla in July 1948, Be'er Ya'akov was in the front line. The population at that time was evacuated and a new settlement, Be'er Shalom, was established nearby by members of Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer training group formed in post-World War II Germany.

Two hospitals are located in Be'er Ya'akov: Assaf HaRofeh Hospital (near Tzrifin), and Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital.

Sports

• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov is the local football club.
• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov B.C., the local basketball club, plays in Liga Leumit, the second tier.

Transportation

Be'er Ya'akov is served by the Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station, for trains on the Binyamina-Ashkelon line.