Be'er Ya'akov

Be'er Ya'akov בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Bˀer Yaˁqob
• Forby spelt	Be'er Ya'aqov (offeecial)
Be'er Ya'akov
Coordinates: 31°56′33.14″N 34°50′1.5″E / 31.9425389°N 34.833750°E / 31.9425389; 34.833750Coordinates: 31°56′33.14″N 34°50′1.5″E / 31.9425389°N 34.833750°E / 31.9425389; 34.833750
Destrict	Central
Foondit	1907
Govrenment
• Teep	Local cooncil (frae 1949)
• Head of Municipality	Nissim Gozlan
Area
• Total	8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	18,401
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Name meanin	Jacob's well

Be'er Ya'akov (Hebrew: בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב‬, lit. Jacob's Well) is a toun wi local cooncil status in the central Israel, near Ness Ziona an Rishon LeZion.

Be'er Ya'akov haes an aurie o 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²).^[2] In December 2006, it haed a population o 18,401 in 2015. Be'er Ya'akov wis foondit in 1907 bi Jewish immigrants frae Dagestan. In 1947, it haed a population o 400.^[3] It achieved local cooncil status in 1949.

Be'er Ya'akov wis named efter Ya'akov Yitzhaki, a rabbi an Jewish pioneer.^[4]

Durin the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, an till the Israeli capture o Ramla in Julie o 1948, Be'er Ya'akov wis in the frontline. The population at that time wis evacuatit an a new dounset, Be'er Shalom, wis established nearbi bi members o Kibbutz Buchenwald, the first pioneer trainin group formed in post-Warld War II Germany.^[3][5]

Twa hospitals are locatit in Be'er Ya'akov: Asaf HaRofe Hospital (near Tzrifin), an Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital.

• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov is the local fitbaa club.
• Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov B.C., the local basketbaw club, plays in Liga Leumit, the seicont tier.

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