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Sede Boqer

Sede Boqer is an airfield in . Sede Boqer is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Gurion’s Tomb National Park and Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.

Park
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Ben-Gurion Tomb National Park is a national park located next to the . The garden was established around the grave plot where the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula were buried.

University
The is an international graduate school situated within the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, which is part of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Memorial
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Ben-Gurion's hut was the retirement home of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula from 1953 until Ben-Gurion's death in 1973. The "hut", located on kibbutz , was preserved exactly as it was left by Ben-Gurion and now serves as a museum with a visitor center operated by the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sde Boker and Midreshet Ben-Gurion.

Photo: Tamuz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in the central , most famous for being the past residence of the first prime minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, who moved there after he left his office in order to live his ideals of settling the Negev.

Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
, also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a community settlement and an educational center in southern . Located in the next to kibbutz , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.

Village
is a religious community settlement in southern Israel. Located in the desert between and the kibbutz of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 641. is situated 4 km northeast of Sede Boqer.

Sede Boqer

Latitude
30.8578° or 30° 51′ 28″ north
Longitude
34.80276° or 34° 48′ 10″ east
Elevation
473 metres (1,552 feet)
Open location code
8G2PVR53+44
Geo­Names ID
11483593
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