Yehud יְהוּד | |
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| • ISO 259 | Yhud |
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  Yehud Location within Israel's Central District Show map of Central Israel Yehud Yehud (Israel) Show map of Israel | |
| Coordinates:32°2′0″N34°53′0″E / 32.03333°N 34.88333°E /32.03333; 34.88333 | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Founded | 2000 BCE(Earliest settlement) 1500 BCE(Israelite town) 1596(Arab village ofal-Yahudiya) 1953(Israeli city) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Amnon Saad[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 25,604 |
| • Density | 6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Named for Biblical location |
Yehud (Hebrew:יְהוּד) is a city in theCentral District ofIsrael that is part of the joint municipality ofYehud-Monosson. In 2007, the city's population stood at approximately 30,000 people (includingNeve Monosson – see below).[2]
The history of Yehud traces back thousands of years. Yehud is first mentioned in theBible inJoshua 19:45. Later it was calledIudaea by theRomans. During theOttoman era it was known asAl-Yahudiya and censuses showed its population as entirelyArab andMuslim. In the 16th century, it was endowed to the OttomanKhasseki Sultan soup kitchen in Jerusalem.[3] During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) ofLod that encompassed the area of the present-day city ofModi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city ofEl'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts ofJaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.[4]
In 1932, during theBritish Mandate, Yehud was renamed toAl-'Abbasiyya,[5][6] supposedly because its Arab inhabitants did not want its name to be connected to theJewish people. The new name memorialized asheikh named al-ʽAbbas who was buried in the town, while also alluding to theAbbasid Caliphate.[7][8] Parts of Yehud are located on the land of thePalestinian village ofal-ʽAbbasiyya, which wasdepopulated during the1948 Arab–Israeli War.[9]
In June 2011, the city's officials announced they would undertake a massive construction project to replicate the old town square of theSwiss city ofLugano in the centre of Yehud, to reinvigorate commerce and tourism. The replica will be replete with neoclassical columns and colonnades. This project was scheduled to be finished and in fall 2016; it opened in early 2018.[10]
In 2003, theYehud-MonossonMunicipality was formed to provide municipal services to Yehud and the neighboring community ofNeve Monosson (pop. 2,600). Under the terms of the merger, Neve Monosson maintains a high level of autonomy under the Neve Monosson Local Administration (minhelet). The Neve Monosson Local Administration was granted municipal status as an autonomous borough (vaad rova ironi) by the Interior Minister in 2005 as a condition of the merger plan. The result is that the Yehud-Monosson Municipality functions practically as the municipality of Yehud while at the same time providing basic statutory municipal services to Neve Monosson.[citation needed]
According to theIsrael Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was uniformlyJewish. SeePopulation groups in Israel. According to CBS, in 2001 there were 10,500 males and 11,100 females. The population of the city was spread out, with 33.4% 19 years of age or younger, 16.1% between 20 and 29, 19.9% between 30 and 44, 18.8% from 45 to 59, 2.9% from 60 to 64, and 8.8% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 2.6%.[citation needed]
Yehud serves as the base of the largeAfrica Israel Investments company[11] majority owned byLev Leviev.[citation needed]
The control room ofSpaceIL is in Yehud. From that base, SpaceIL manages the operations of theBeresheet lander.[12]
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According to CBS, there are 10 schools and 5,159 students in the city. They are spread out, as 6 elementary schools and 2,252 elementary school students, and 5 high schools and 2,907 high school students. 54.2% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.[citation needed] and 92.5% in 2021[13]
Football: (Soccer)Hapoel Yehud spent several seasons in the top division of Israeli football during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and won theState Cup in 1982. However, after several relegations the club folded in 1998. A new club, Hapoel Ironi Yehud, was established in 2004 and currently plays inLiga Gimel. (Division III)
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