Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Ofakim

Ofakim is a city in the of , 20 kilometers west of . It achieved municipal status in 1955. It has an area of 10,000 dunams.
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  • Type: Town with 33,500 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Ofaqim” and “Ofiqim”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ofakim and Patish Fortress.

Railway station
Photo: Yair100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The railway station is a railway station situated in , . It is located on the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway between and and was opened to the public on December 31, 2015.

Ruins
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
is a ruins.

Cemetery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peduim and Adi Negev - Nahalat Eran.

Village
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is a moshav in southern . Located in the north-western desert near Ofakim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 499. is situated 2½ km northwest of Ofakim.

Hamlet
Photo: עלה נגב-נחלת ערן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Adi Negev, formerly named Aleh Negev, is a rehabilitation village for disabled children and adults in southern . Located near Ofakim and covering 40 acres, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. is situated 3 km west of Ofakim.

Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a moshav in southern . Located in the north-western desert near Ofakim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 885. is situated 3 km north of Ofakim.

Ofakim

Latitude
31.30683° or 31° 18′ 25″ north
Longitude
34.62553° or 34° 37′ 32″ east
Population
33,500
Elevation
137 metres (449 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL OFA
Open location code
8G3P8J4G+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 749369975
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293992
Wiki­data ID
Q167632
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Ofakim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوفاكيم”
  • Asturian: “Ofakim”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ofakim”
  • Belarusian: “Афакім”
  • Catalan: “Ofakim”
  • Catalan: “Ofaqim”
  • Cebuano: “Ofaqim”
  • Chinese: “奥法基姆”
  • Chinese: “奧法基姆”
  • Czech: “Ofakim”
  • Dutch: “Ofakim”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوفاكيم”
  • Esperanto: “Ofakim”
  • Finnish: “Ofakim”
  • French: “Ofakim”
  • French: “Ofaqim”
  • Georgian: “ოფაკიმი”
  • German: “Ofakim”
  • Greek: “Οφακίμ”
  • Hebrew: “אופקים”
  • Hebrew: “אפקים”
  • Indonesian: “Ofakim”
  • Italian: “Ofakim”
  • Japanese: “オファキム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ofakim”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ofaqim”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ofakim”
  • Norwegian: “Ofakim”
  • Persian: “اوفاغیم”
  • Polish: “Ofakim”
  • Portuguese: “Ofakim”
  • Romanian: “Ofakim”
  • Russian: “Офаким”
  • Scots: “Ofakim”
  • Spanish: “Ofakim”
  • Spanish: “Ofaqim”
  • Swahili: “Ofakim”
  • Swedish: “Ofaqim”
  • Tagalog: “Ofakim”
  • Turkish: “Ofakim”
  • Ukrainian: “Офакім”
  • Urdu: “اوفاکیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Ofakim”
  • Yiddish: “אופקים”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ofakim”. Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.