Hura, or Houra is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The town was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the consolidation of Negev Bedouin population, and was declared a local council in 1996.

Meitar

Town

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Meitar is a small local council north-east of Beersheba, in Israel's Southern District. The town lies on Highway 60 just south of the Green Line on the southern edge of Mount Hebron, alongside the Yatir Forest.

Sa’wah

Hamlet

Mulada, also known as Sa'wa, is a Bedouin village in the Negev desert in southern Israel.

Har Yattir

Type: Peak
Also known as: “Mt. Yattir”
Category: landform
Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.3167° or 31° 19′ north

Longitude

34.9667° or 34° 58′ east

Open location code

8G3P8X88+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 278477589

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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In Other Languages

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Hebrew: “הרי יתיר”

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