Beit Dagan
Beit Dagan
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| • ISO 259 | Beit Dagan | |
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 Beit Dagan
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| District | Central | |
| Founded | 1948 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Local council (from 1958) | |
| • Head of Municipality | Elyahu Dadon | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,530 dunams (1.53 km2 or 380 acres) | |
| Population (2014)[1] | ||
| • Total | 7,078 | |
| Name meaning | House of Grain | |
Beit Dagan (Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />בֵּית דָּגָן, lit. "House of Grain") is a town and local council in the Central District of Israel. Located adjacent to Rishon LeZion, it had a population of 7,078 in 2014.
History
Beit Dagan was founded in 1948 at the site of the Arab village Bayt Dajan by Yemenite and North African immigrants. It is probably situated in the area of Biblical Beit Dagon,[2] a village in the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:41).
It was declared a local council in 1958.
Geography
Beit Dagan's central neighborhood is Neve Hadarim. Other neighborhoods are Neve Ganim, Bnei Bitkha and Nekudat Hen.
Climate
Beit Dagan is the home of the Israel Meteorological Service and used as a central focus of weather data.
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.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64) |
18.1 (64.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27 (81) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.2 (45) |
7.1 (44.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16 (61) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 140.5 (5.531) |
96.9 (3.815) |
66.1 (2.602) |
17.5 (0.689) |
2.2 (0.087) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.4 (0.016) |
20.4 (0.803) |
76.2 (3) |
130.3 (5.13) |
550.5 (21.673) |
| Source: Israel Meteorological Service[3] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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War memorial in Beit Dagan
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JNF house near Beit Dagan
Transportation
Beit Dagan's main transportation hub is the Beit Dagan Junction (actually located in Rishon LeZion), 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 eastern side of town.
References
- ↑ 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beit Dagan. |
- Official website (Hebrew)
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- Articles containing Hebrew-language text
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- Central District (Israel)
- Local councils in Israel
- Local councils in Central District (Israel)
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- 1948 establishments in Israel
