Samar
Samar is a village in Southern District, Israel. Samar is situated nearby to the village Elifaz.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yotvata Hai-Bar and Sands of Samar.
Yotvata Hai-Bar
Zoo
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The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve is a 3,000-acre breeding and reacclimation center administered by the Israel Nature Reserves & National Parks Authority, situated in the Southern Arava near Yotvata. Yotvata Hai-Bar is situated 3 km northeast of Samar.
Sands of Samar
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The Sands of Samar, also called the Samar sands or Samar sand dunes, are an expanse of sand dunes in the Arava region of southern Israel. Once encompassing an area of seven square kilometers, agricultural development and sand mining have reduced the sands to 2.3 square kilometers. Sands of Samar is situated 3½ km southeast of Samar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samar and Elifaz.
Samar
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Samar is a kibbutz in the Aravah Valley in the far south of Israel. Located near and north of Eilat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 254.
Elifaz
Village
Yotvata
Village
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Yotvata is a kibbutz in the Arava Valley in southern Israel. Located on the Highway 90's segment known as the Arava Road, adjacent to the southern Negev, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. Yotvata is situated 8 km northeast of Samar.
Samar
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.83337° or 29° 50′ 0″ northLongitude
35.02274° or 35° 1′ 22″ eastOpen location code
7GXQR2MF+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 429882226OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Hebrew—“Samar” goes by many names.
- French: “Samar”
- Hebrew: “סמר”
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