Ganei Hadar

Community settlement in central Israel

Place in Central, Israel

Ganei Hadar גַּנֵּי הָדָר
Street in Ganei Hadar
31°52′44″N 34°51′13″E / 31.87889°N 34.85361°E / 31.87889; 34.85361
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Gezer
Founded	1930
Founded by	American immigrants
Population (2022)^[1]	371

Ganei Hadar (Hebrew: גַּנֵּי הָדָר, lit. Hadar Gardens) is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 371.^[1]

History

The village was founded in 1930 by immigrants from the United States, who founded the "Gan Hadar - Co-operation" union. The land had been bought by union members from the Arab village of al-Na'ani during the late 1920s, and was the first Jewish settlement in the Gezer region.