Auja al-Hafir
Auja al-Hafir was an ancient road junction close to water wells in the western Negev and eastern Sinai. It was the traditional grazing land of the 'Azazme tribe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Beersheba, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Al ‘Awjā’”, “Aujā”, “Auja al Hafir”, “Auja al Khafir”, “El ‘Auja”, “El Audja”, “El Auja el Hafir”, “Nitsana”, and “Niẕẕana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nitzana Border Crossing.
Nitzana Border Crossing
Border checkpoint
Photo: Prince Roy, CC BY 2.0.
The Nitzana Border Crossing, also called the Eliav Border Crossing, is an international border crossing between El Ouga in Egypt and Nitzana in Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nitzanei Sinai and Nitsana.
Nitzanei Sinai
Village
Photo: Shuki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nitzanei Sinai, also known as Kadesh Barnea, is a community settlement in the western Negev desert in Israel. Located near Nitzana, it falls under the juridisction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 744. Nitzanei Sinai is situated 3 km northeast of Auja al-Hafir.
Nitsana
Village
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
Nitzana is an educational youth village and institutional settlement in southern Israel. Located in the western Negev desert, adjacent to the Egyptian border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. Nitsana is situated 4½ km east of Auja al-Hafir.
Kmehin
Village
Photo: Eladvs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kmehin is a secular moshav in the western Negev desert in Israel. Located near Nitzana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 463. Kmehin is situated 6 km northeast of Auja al-Hafir.
Auja al-Hafir
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.88321° or 30° 52′ 60″ northLongitude
34.37333° or 34° 22′ 24″ eastElevation
252 metres (827 feet)Open location code
8G2PV9MF+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 11316399083OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Auja al-Hafir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عوجة الحفير”
- Catalan: “Auja al-Hafir”
- Catalan: “Auja”
- Finnish: “Auja al-Hafir”
- French: “Auja al-Hafir”
- Hebrew: “נצנה”
- Hebrew: “עוג’ה אל-חפיר”
- Hebrew: “עוג’ה אלחפיר”
- Hebrew: “תל-ניצנה”
- Indonesian: “Auja al-Hafir”
- Japanese: “アウジャ・アル・ハフィー”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Auja al-Hafir”
- Persian: “عوجه الحفیر”
- Polish: “Audża al-Hafir”
- Polish: “Auja al-Hafir”
- Urdu: “عوجہ الحفیر”
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