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Bnaya (Hebrew: בְּנַיָה) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Ashdod, Gedera and Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 805.
It was founded in 1949 by immigrants from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, and was initially named Yavne HaDromit (Hebrew: יבנה הדרומית, lit. Southern Yavne) due to its location south of the town.[1] However, the name was later changed to Bnaya after a process of metathesis of the word "Yavne".
[edit] References
- ^ (2005) Mapa's concise gazetteer of Israel, Yuval Elʻazari (ed.), Tel-Aviv: Mapa Publishing, pp. 85-86. ISBN 9657184347. (Hebrew)
Coordinates: 31°50′35.87″N 34°45′7.92″E / 31.8432972, 34.7522
