Ya‘ar Rahat
Ya‘ar Rahat is a forest in Southern District, Israel. Ya‘ar Rahat is situated nearby to the village Shoval, as well as near the locality El Huzaiyil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rahat and Shoval.
Rahat
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rahat is a city of 70,000 in the southern Negev region of Israel. 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.
Shoval
Village
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Shoval is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,032.
Mishmar HaNegev
Village
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Mishmar HaNegev is a kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located on Road 264, about two kilometres south of the Bedouin city of Rahat and around ten kilometres from Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. Mishmar HaNegev is situated 4 km south of Ya‘ar Rahat.
Ya‘ar Rahat
- Type: Forest
- Also known as: “Ya`ar Rahat”
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.39562° or 31° 23′ 44″ northLongitude
34.73327° or 34° 43′ 60″ eastElevation
195 metres (640 feet)Open location code
8G3P9PWM+68GeoNames ID
10371306
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In Other Languages
“Ya‘ar Rahat” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Ya‘ar Rahat”
- Hebrew: “יער רהט”
Localities in the Area
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