Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut

<p>Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut  is a city located in central Israel, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of <a href="/facts/Tel_Aviv/cQ8X3WVd">Tel Aviv</a> and 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a>, and is connected to those two cities via <a href="/facts/Route_443_(Israel)/aNQgdQJs">Highway 443</a>. In 2022 the population was 99,171. The population density in that year was 1,794 people per square kilometer.
</p><p>The modern city was named after the ancient Jewish town of <a href="/facts/Modi%2527in_(ancient_city)/7pUMdpGf">Modi'in</a>, which existed in the same area. Modi'in was the place of origin of the <a href="/facts/Maccabees/nD1Ipatw">Maccabees</a>, the Jewish rebels who freed Judea from the rule of the <a href="/facts/Seleucid_Empire/NSYMLBYa">Seleucid Empire</a> and established the <a href="/facts/Hasmonean_dynasty/7Yalw0GN">Hasmonean dynasty</a>, events commemorated by the holiday of <a href="/facts/Hanukkah/QylNkVhM">Hanukkah</a>. The modern city was built in the 20th century. A small part of the city (the Maccabim neighborhood) is not recognized by the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> as being in Israel, as it lies in what the <a href="/facts/1949_Armistice_Agreements/1sCB8Xg4">1949 Armistice Agreement with Jordan</a> left as a <a href="/facts/No_man%2527s_land/jW6WN1fr">no man's land</a>, and was <a href="/facts/Israeli-occupied_territories/FxQkx2V8">occupied</a> in <a href="/facts/Six-Day_War/xM8d0Wy1">1967</a> by Israel after it was captured from Jordan together with the <a href="/facts/West_Bank/xzTTVNJl">West Bank</a> proper.
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