Ovda
Uvda is the name of a region in the southern Negev desert, directly north of Eilat in Israel. The name derives from the Hebrew word uvda. The region was occupied during Operation Uvda in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War when the IDF entered the area with the stated aim of establishing 'facts on the ground', hence the name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Area
- Description: Place in southern Israel desert
- Also known as: “Uvda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ovda Airport and Tiger temple.
Ovda Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Sendelbach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ovda Airport was the former civilian part of the Ovda Israeli Air Force Base in the Uvda region of southern Israel, about 40 km north of Eilat. It was the country's second international airport.
Tiger temple
Archaeological site
The Leopard Temple is the name of an archaeological site of a 7,000 year old temple in the Uvda basin of the Negev in southern Israel. The name refers to the Arabian leopard, which is no longer found in Israel. Tiger temple is situated 3 km northeast of Ovda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaharut.
Shaharut
Village
Photo: RobertWallner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaharut is a community settlement in the far south of Israel. Located 40 kilometers north of the city of Eilat, and six kilometers west of Yotvata on a ridge above the Arava valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. Shaharut is situated 7 km southeast of Ovda.
Ovda
- Category: valley
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Persian—“Ovda” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Bik‘at Uvda”
- Hebrew: “Biq‘at ‘Uvda”
- Hebrew: “בקעת עבדה”
- Hebrew: “בקעת עובדה”
- Irish: “Ovda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uvda”
- Persian: “عوودا”
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