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Binyamina

Binyamina is a town in the Haifa District

Haifa District

Haifa District is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of Districts of Israel of Israel, and the capital of it is Haifa....
of Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, south of Haifa

Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
and north of Netanya

Netanya

Netanya is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north....
. Formerly an independent local council

Local council (Israel)

Local councils are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Regional council ....
, in 2003 it merged with nearby Giv'at Ada into a local council now called Binyamina-Giv'at Ada

Binyamina-Giv'at Ada

Binyamina-Giv'at Ada is a in the Haifa District of Israel. It is the result of the 2003 merger between the two local councils of Binyamina and Giv'at Ada....
. The town was home to 6,600 prior to the merger.

History
The town was founded in 1922 named after Baron Edmond (Benjamin) de Rothschild

Edmond James de Rothschild

Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a France member of the Rothschild family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his genorous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years which helped lead to the establishment of the Israel....
(1845-1934), philanthropist and supporter of Jewish settlement in the land of Israel (Palestine).

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Binyamina is a town in the Haifa District

Haifa District

Haifa District is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. The district is one of Districts of Israel of Israel, and the capital of it is Haifa....
of Israel

Israel

Haifa

Netanya

Local council (Israel)

Binyamina-Giv'at Ada

History

The town was founded in 1922 named after Baron Edmond (Benjamin) de Rothschild

Edmond James de Rothschild

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
and honey

Honey

Honey is a sweet fluid produced by honey bees , and derived from the nectar of flowers. According to the United States National Honey Board and various international food regulations, "honey stipulates a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other substance?this includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners...
. It is also the birthplace of the late Israeli songwriter Ehud Manor

Ehud Manor

Ehud Manor was an Israel songwriter, translator and radio personality and TV personality.He composed many well-known songs including "Ein Li Eretz Acheret" , "Brit Olam" , "BaShanah HaBa'ah" , "Zo Yalduti HaShniya" , and "Achi HaTza'ir Yehuda" ....
and Israel's current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert is the incumbent Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert was the Mayor of Jerusalem of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and became a minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Acting Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon....
.

Transport

One can reach Binyamina by road or by train, using the coastal railway which connects Haifa to Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
. The busy Israel Railways

Israel Railways

Israel Railways is Israel's government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all Inter-city rail and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country....
train station in Binyamina

Binyamina Railway Station

Binyamina Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger station located in the region of Binyamina-Giv'at Ada and serves these towns, as well as Zikhron Ya'akov, Or Akiva and other small communities in the area....
is the last stop on the Binyamina-Tel Aviv suburban line and a transfer point on the Tel Aviv-Haifa intercity line which makes it a transportation hub for the area, a fact which has contributed to Binyamina's growth in recent years. Since it serves as a transfer point between the suburban and intercity lines, one can board a direct non-stop train from Binyamina that reaches either Tel Aviv or Haifa in only about 30 minutes.

Tourism

It was announced in early 2008 that a wine park would be created on the slopes between Binyamina and Zichron Ya'akov in order to promote tourism in the area and wine tourism in Israel in general.

Sister cities

Tokaj
Tokaj

Tokaj is a historical town in Borsod-Aba?j-Zempl?n county, Northern Hungary, 54 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. It is the centre of the famous Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district where the world famous Tokaji wine is produced....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....

Binyamina

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