Merhav Am
Merhav Am is a religious community settlement in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert between Yeruham and the kibbutz of Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 641.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horvat Haro’e.
Horvat Haro’e
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horvat Haro’e is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km northeast of Merhav Am.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sde Boker and Midreshet Ben-Gurion.
Sde Boker
Photo: Tamuz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sde Boker is a kibbutz in the central Negev, 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.
Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
Midreshet Ben-Gurion, also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a community settlement and an educational center in southern Israel. Located in the Negev next to kibbutz Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. Midreshet Ben-Gurion is situated 6 km southwest of Merhav Am.
Merhav Am
- Type: Village with 333 residents
- Description: place in Southern
- Categories: community settlement and locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.88862° or 30° 53′ 19″ northLongitude
34.82889° or 34° 49′ 44″ eastPopulation
333Elevation
509 metres (1,670 feet)Open location code
8G2PVRQH+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 666283754OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11778042Wikidata ID
Q2777042
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Merhav Am” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Merchav Am”
- Czech: “Merhav Am”
- French: “Merhav Am”
- Hebrew: “חלוקים”
- Hebrew: “מרחב עם”
- Hebrew: “מרחבעם”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merhav Am”
- Polish: “Merchaw Am”
- Polish: “Merhav Am”
- Turkish: “Merhav Am”
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