Ramot HaShavim

Village in central Israel

Place in Central, Israel

Ramot HaShavim 32°10′8″N 34°53′15″E / 32.16889°N 34.88750°E / 32.16889; 34.88750
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Drom HaSharon
Founded	1933
Founded by	German immigrants
Population (2022)^[1]	1,709
Website	www.ramot-hashavim.org

Ramot HaShavim (Hebrew: רָמוֹת הַשָּׁבִים, lit. 'Heights of the Returnees') is a Jewish village in central Israel.^[2] Located between Hod HaSharon and Ra'anana and covering around 2,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom HaSharon Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 1,709.^[1]

History

Ramot HaShavim was established as a moshav in 1933 by Jewish-German immigrants of the Fifth Aliyah. In 1951 it became an independent local council, but as part of local government reforms in 2003 it reverted to village status under the jurisdiction of a regional council.

Gallery

Ramot HaShavim 1937
Ramot HaShavim 1945

References

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ The History of Jewish Agricultural Settlement in Palestine, Alex Bein