Beit Rimon | |
Founded: | 1977 |
Founded By: | Nahal |
District: | north |
Council: | Lower Galilee |
Affiliation: | Religious Kibbutz Movement |
Website: | www.bet-rimon.co.il |
Pushpin Map: | Israel jezreel#Israel |
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Coordinates: | 32.7819°N 35.3297°W |
Beit Rimon (he|בֵּית רִמּוֹן, lit. House of the Pomegranate) is a kibbutz located in the Lower Galilee Regional Council in Israel. It consists of a core kibbutz and a residential expansion. It is located in the Lower Galilee on a ridge of Mount Tur'an at a height of 400 meters above sea level. As of it had a population of .
It is named after the Biblical Rimon (pomegranate in Hebrew) in the lands of the Tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13), which "is identified with er-Rumane" at today's Arab village of Rumana, 2 km to the west.[1]
Beit Rimon was first settled in 1977 as a Nahal settlement. In 1979, a group of British immigrants joined the Nahal group and established a kibbutz at the site, affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement.[2]
The kibbutz operates one of the largest dairy farms in the country, a chicken coop and a factory for agricultural and gardening tools. It also cultivates olives and field crops.[3]