Yatir Forest
Yatir Forest is a forest in Israel on the edge of the Negev Desert. The forest covers an area of 30,000 dunams, and is the largest planted forest in Israel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Forest
- Description: forest in Israel
- Also known as: “Ya`ar Yattir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horvat ’Anim.
Horvat ’Anim
Archaeological site
Horvat ʽAnim or Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta is a ruined hamlet and archaeological locality in the southern fringes of the Hebron Hills, within Israel’s Southern District, inside the Yatir Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lev Yatir and Livne.
Lev Yatir
Village
Mahane Yatir, also known as Lev Yatir, is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 332.
Livne
Village
Photo: benda2011, Public domain.
Livne, also known as Shani is an Israeli settlement. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, straddling the Green Line and therefore partly in Israel and partly in the West Bank, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
Asa’el
Village
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Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located three kilometres south-east of Shim'a, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Asa’el is situated 3½ km north of Yatir Forest.
Yatir Forest
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Yatir Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غابة يتير”
- Belarusian: “Яцір”
- Catalan: “Bosc de Yatir”
- Cebuano: “Ya‘ar Yattir”
- Czech: “Jatirský les”
- Czech: “Les Jatir”
- Dutch: “Yatir Bos”
- French: “forêt de Yatir”
- French: “Forêt de Yatir”
- German: “Yatirwald”
- Hebrew: “Ya‘ar Yattir”
- Hebrew: “יער יתיר”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yatirskogen”
- Russian: “Ятир”
- Spanish: “Bosque de Yatir”
- Swedish: “Ya’ar Yatir”
- Swedish: “Yatirskogen”
- Turkish: “Yatir Ormanı”
- Ukrainian: “Ятир”
- Welsh: “Coedwig Yatir”
- Welsh: “Fforest Yatir”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lev Yattir and Sheikh Mashhūr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include H̱orbat ‘Anim and Rujm al Midfa‘.
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