Risan
Risan is a road in Southern District, Israel. Risan is situated nearby to the government office Consulate General of Egypt, as well as near Yoseftal hospital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Consulate General of Egypt and Yoseftal hospital.
Consulate General of Egypt
Government office
Photo: Marsupium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Consulate General of Egypt is a government office, which is situated 370 metres northeast of Risan.
Yoseftal hospital
Hospital
Yoseftal Medical Center is a hospital in Eilat, Israel. Yoseftal Hospital, founded in 1968, is the southernmost hospital in Israel and the only hospital covering the southern Negev desert. Yoseftal hospital is situated 510 metres north of Risan.
Eilat History Museum
Museum
The Eilat City Museum is a history museum in Eilat, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the history of the development of the city of Eilat. Eilat History Museum is situated 1¼ km east of Risan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eilat and Eilot.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Eilot
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Eilot is the southernmost kibbutz in Israel. It is located in the Aravah Valley, near the border with Jordan. Eilot is less than a kilometer north of Eilat, and just over 3 kilometers north of the Red Sea. Eilot is situated 4 km northeast of Risan.
Tall al Khalifa
Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… Tall al Khalifa is situated 6 km east of Risan.
Risan
- Type: Road
- Category: transportation
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.54968° or 29° 32′ 59″ northLongitude
34.94157° or 34° 56′ 30″ eastElevation
82 metres (269 feet)Open location code
7GXPGWXR+VJGeoNames ID
8542314
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In Other Languages
“Risan” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “ריסן”
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