Middle East
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Southern District

Nir Oz

Nir Oz is a kibbutz in southern . It is located in the northwestern desert between and , and covers 20,000 dunams. Nir Oz is under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Maon Synagogue and צור מעון.

Archaeological site
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The is a 6th-century Jewish synagogue and archaeological site, located in the western desert, near Kibbutz and Kibbutz Nir Oz, in . The former synagogue is noted for its "magnificent" mosaic floor.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nirim and Magen.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the northwestern in . Located near the border with the , about 7 kilometres east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 482. is situated 3 km north of Nir Oz.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western desert and covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 541. is situated 3 km southeast of Nir Oz.

Village
Photo: Shareef Sarhan, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Khuza'a is a town in the in the southern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khuza'a had a population of 11,388 inhabitants in 2017. is situated 4 km west of Nir Oz.

Nir Oz

Latitude
31.30987° or 31° 18′ 36″ north
Longitude
34.40105° or 34° 24′ 4″ east
Population
387
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL NOZ
Open location code
8G3P8C52+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82487824
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294025
Wiki­data ID
Q1011560
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Nir Oz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نير عوز”
  • Belarusian: “Нір Оз”
  • Belarusian: “Нір-Оз”
  • Catalan: “Nir Oz”
  • Chinese: “尼爾奧茲”
  • Czech: “Nir Oz”
  • Dutch: “Nir Oz”
  • French: “Nir Oz”
  • German: “Nir Oz”
  • Greek: “Νιρ Οζ”
  • Hebrew: “Nir ‘Oz”
  • Hebrew: “ניר עוז”
  • Hungarian: “Nir Oz”
  • Italian: “Nir Oz”
  • Japanese: “Nir Oz”
  • Japanese: “ניר עוז”
  • Japanese: “ニル・オズ”
  • Korean: “니르 오즈”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nir Oz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nir Oz”
  • Norwegian: “Nir Oz”
  • Persian: “نیر اوز”
  • Persian: “نیز توز”
  • Polish: “Nir Oz”
  • Russian: “Нир-Оз”
  • Slovenian: “Nir Oz”
  • Spanish: “Nir Oz”
  • Turkish: “Nir Oz”

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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 “Nir Oz”. Photo: Danny-w, CC BY-SA 4.0.