Chanaton

Chanaton
	Kibbutz Channaton below the Tel Channaton
Basic data
hebrew :	חנתון
State :	Israel
District :	North
Founded :	1984
Coordinates :	32 ° 47 ' N , 35 ° 15' E Coordinates: 32 ° 47 '9 " N , 35 ° 14' 38" E
Height :	188 m
Residents :	963 (as of: 2018)
Community code :	1257
Time zone :	UTC + 2
Website :	hannaton.co.il
	Chanaton
	Chanaton

Channaton ( Hebrew חַנָּתֹן Ḥannaton , German 'gift of grace' , Plene also חנתון) is a kibbutz founded in 1984 in the Lower Galilee regional association in the northern district of Israel . In 2018 there were 963 people living in the kibbutz.

history

Tel Channaton (תל חַנָּתוֹן)

Chanaton goes back to the biblical city-state, which in the Amarna letters from 1350 to 1335 BC. Is described as Chinnatuna or Chinnatuni / Chinnatunu. The place described in the Amarna correspondence is said to be the old settlement of Tel Channaton (תל חַנָּתוֹן). The ancient settlement is also mentioned in the book of Joshua (19:14).

Individual evidence

↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .

[1] אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .

[2] אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .