Kannot () is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Etymology It is named after an occasional word, just mentioned once: in the Bible in Psalm 80:16:Place Names in Israel. A Compendium of Place Names in Israel compiled from various sources, Israeli Program for Scientific Translations, 1962, p.211Bitan, Hanna (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Carta, p.31, (Hebrew) (God, watch over) "the seedling your right hand has planted".
History The village was founded in 1952 by the Workers' Council of the Histadrut, at a site on the lands of the Palestinian village of Bashshit that was depopulated in 1948.
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External links Official website