Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Mishmar HaNegev

Mishmar HaNegev is a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the desert in southern . Located on Road 264, about two kilometres south of the Bedouin city of and around ten kilometres from , it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giv’ot Bar and Eshel HaNasi.

Village
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Giv'ot Bar is a community settlement in the northern desert in southern . Located to the south of the Bedouin city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,344. is situated 4 km east of Mishmar HaNegev.

Village
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is a youth village in southern . Located between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 153. is situated 4½ km southwest of Mishmar HaNegev.

Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 70,000 in the southern region of . It was founded in 1972 as a home for the previously nomadic Bedouin Arabs, who form the large majority of its population. It is the largest Bedouin settlement in the world.

Mishmar HaNegev

Latitude
31.36413° or 31° 21′ 51″ north
Longitude
34.71868° or 34° 43′ 7″ east
Population
933
Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)
Inception
1946
United Nations Location Code
IL MHN
Open location code
8G3P9P79+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477188
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294184
Wiki­data ID
Q1026818
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Mishmar HaNegev” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مشمار النقب”
  • Arabic: “مشمار هنيغف”
  • Arabic: “ميشمار النقب”
  • Cebuano: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Chinese: “米什马尔·哈内盖夫”
  • Czech: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Czech: “Mišmar ha-Negev”
  • Dutch: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مشمار هنيجف”
  • French: “Mishmar-Hanegev”
  • German: “Mischmar ha-Negev”
  • German: “Mischmar haNegev”
  • Hebrew: “משמר הנגב”
  • Hebrew: “מִשְׁמַר הַנֶּגֶב‎”
  • Hebrew: “משמר-הנגב”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Persian: “میشمار هانیگیف”
  • Polish: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Polish: “Miszmar ha-Negew”
  • Polish: “Miszmar HaNegev”
  • Portuguese: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Russian: “Мишмар а-Негев”
  • Russian: “Мишмар ха-Негев”
  • Russian: “Мишмар-ха-Негев”
  • Spanish: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Swedish: “Mishmar HaNegev”
  • Turkish: “Mişmar HaNecef”

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