Ar’arat an-Naqab
Ar'arat an-Naqab or Ar'ara BaNegev, previously called Aro'er, is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel. Its name stands for "the juniper tree in Negev".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Residential area
- Description: Bedouin (Arab-Muslim) village in southern Israel
- Also known as: “‘Ar‘ara BaNegev”, “‘Ar’ara BaNegev”, “Ar‘ara BaNegev”, “Ar’ara BaNegev”, “Ar’ara-BaNegev”, “Ar’arah-BaNegev”, and “Ararah BaNegev”
- Historically known as: “Aroer”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abu Kuraynat and Kasr a Sir.
Abu Kuraynat
Village
Abu Qrenat is a Bedouin village in southern Israel. It's located in the Negev desert, south of Highway 25, between the village of Abu Talul to the west and the Al-Talma mountain ridge to the east. Abu Kuraynat is situated 9 km southwest of Ar’arat an-Naqab.
Kasr a Sir
Village
Qasr al-Sir is a Bedouin village in the Negev desert in southern Israel, adjacent to highway 25. The village covers 4,776 dunams. Located three kilometres west of Dimona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Neve Midbar Regional Council. Kasr a Sir is situated 10 km southwest of Ar’arat an-Naqab.
Dimona
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dimona is a small town in the north-eastern Negev desert of Israel. It is the third-largest city in the Negev, with a population of about 34,000. Dimona is mostly known for the nearby nuclear research facility, which according to various unofficial publications is the home of Israel's nuclear weapons program.
Ar’arat an-Naqab
- Category: local council in Israel
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.1577° or 31° 9′ 28″ northLongitude
35.02249° or 35° 1′ 21″ eastPopulation
17,600Elevation
437 metres (1,434 feet)Open location code
8G3Q525C+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 605924295OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
8374203Wikidata ID
Q2915541
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Ar’arat an-Naqab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عرعرة النقب”
- Arabic: “عرعرة”
- Arabic: “عرعرة”
- Catalan: “Aroer del Nègueb”
- Czech: “Ar’ara ba-Negev”
- Czech: “Ar’ara-BaNegev”
- Czech: “Arara ba-Negev”
- Czech: “Arara-BaNegev”
- French: “Ar’arat an-Naqab”
- German: “Ar’ara BaNegev”
- Hebrew: “ערוער”
- Hebrew: “ערערה בנגב”
- Hebrew: “עַרְעַרַה בַּנֶּגֶב”
- Hebrew: “עַרְעָרָה בַּנֶּגֶב”
- Hebrew: “ערערת אלנכב”
- Hebrew: “ערערת אלנקב”
- Hebrew: “ערערת אן-נכב”
- Hebrew: “ערערת אן-נקב, ערערה-בנגב”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar’arat an-Naqab”
- Polish: “Ar’ara al-Naqab”
- Polish: “Ar’ara ba-Negew”
- Polish: “Ar’ara-BaNegev”
- Russian: “Арара ба-Негев”
- Russian: “Арара-ба-Негев”
- Spanish: “Ararat an-Naqab”
- Turkish: “Ar’arat an-Nakab”
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