Gedera
Gedera, less commonly known as Gdera, is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is 13 kilometres south of Rehovot. In 2024 it had a population of 31,389.- Type: Town with 30,800 residents
- Description: Israeli town in the southern part of the Shfela region
- Also known as: “Gdera” and “Gederah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hertzfeld Geriatric Hospital and Sculpture Garden.
Yeshurun Synagogue
Synagogue
The Yeshurun Central Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Biluim Street, in Gedera, Israel. It was the first synagogue to be built in the town, completed during the time of the Biluim, forerunners of the kibbutz movement 1882 from the Russian Empire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kidron and Meishar.
Kidron
Village
Kidron is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah just east of Gedera, and near the Tel Nof Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,732.
Meishar
Village
Kannot
Village
Kannot is an educational institution and youth village in central Israel. Located near Gedera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 82. Kannot is situated 3 km west of Gedera.
Gedera
- Categories: local council in Israel, city, administrative territorial entity, Zionist settlement, and locality
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.81178° or 31° 48′ 42″ north
Longitude
34.78039° or 34° 46′ 49″ east
Population
30,800
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL GDA
Open location code
8G3PRQ6J+P5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Gedera” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gedera”
- Arabic: “غديرا”
- Asturian: “Gedera”
- Belarusian: “Гедэра”
- Bulgarian: “Гедера”
- Catalan: “Guederà”
- Cebuano: “Gedera”
- Chinese: “盖代拉”
- Czech: “Gedera”
- Danish: “Gedera”
- Dutch: “Gedera”
- Esperanto: “Gedera”
- Finnish: “Gedera”
- French: “Gedera”
- French: “Guedera”
- Georgian: “გდერა”
- German: “Gedera”
- Greek: “Γεδερά”
- Hebrew: “גדרה”
- Italian: “Gedera”
- Japanese: “ゲデラ”
- Korean: “게데라”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gederea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gedera”
- Persian: “گدرا”
- Polish: “Gedera”
- Russian: “Гедера”
- Scots: “Gedera”
- Slovenian: “Gedera, Izrael”
- Slovenian: “Gedera”
- Spanish: “Gedera”
- Swedish: “Gedera”
- Turkish: “Gedera”
- Ukrainian: “Ґдера”
- Ukrainian: “Гедера”
- Ukrainian: “Ґедера”
- Urdu: “غدیرا”
- Wu Chinese: “盖代拉”
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