Lev Yatir
Mahane Yatir, also known as Lev Yatir, is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 353.- Type: Village with 267 residents
- Description: place in Southern
- Also known as: “Mahane Yatir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horvat ’Anim and Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site.
Horvat ’Anim
Archaeological site
Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site
Tower
Photo: Okedem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Livne and Asa’el.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 northwest of Lev Yatir.
Lev Yatir
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.34752° or 31° 20′ 51″ northLongitude
35.06058° or 35° 3′ 38″ eastPopulation
267Open location code
8G3Q83X6+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 1746685176OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q21198015
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Hebrew—“Lev Yatir” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Machane Jatir”
- French: “Mahane Yatir”
- Hebrew: “לב יתיר”
- Hebrew: “מחנה יתיר”
Localities in the Area
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