Beit Hanan

Located around two kilometers west of Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council.

[1] Beit Hanan founded during the Hanukkah holiday of 1929 by Jewish immigrants from Bulgaria, Beit Hanan was the first Jewish agricultural community to be established after the 1929 Palestine riots.

[2] According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Beit Hanan had a population of 178 inhabitants, in 50 houses.

The main economic branches are eggs, orchards (pecan, citrus, avocado, mango, anona and olives) and greenhouses (flowers, vegetables and seedlings).

A rare species of red iris grows west of the moshav, in a wild flower reserve stretching over 8 acres (32,000 m2).

Bit Hanan, 1929
Beit Hanan 1941 1:20,000
Beit Hanan 1945 1:250,000