Beit Dagan
Beit Dagan
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| • ISO 259 | Beit Dagan | |
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 Beit Dagan
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| Coordinates: 32°0′9.68″N 34°49′45.29″E / 32.0026889°N 34.8292472°ECoordinates: 32°0′9.68″N 34°49′45.29″E / 32.0026889°N 34.8292472°E | ||
| 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 (2015) | ||
| • Total | 7,099 | |
| Name meaning | House of Grain | |
Beit Dagan (Hebrew: 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 7,099 in 2015. It was awarded local council status in 1958.
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, a village in the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:41).
The Volcani Institute is located in Beit Dagan.
Beit Dagan is the home of the Israel Meteorological Service.
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.
War memorial in Beit Dagan
JNF house near Beit Dagan
Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research logo
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.
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