Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Midreshet Ben-Gurion

Midreshet Ben-Gurion is a village in , and has about 2,000 residents. Midreshet Ben-Gurion is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

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

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.

Park
Photo: Pini zruya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Protected area
Photo: In-bar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ein Avdat or Ein Ovdat is a in the Negev Desert of , south of Kibbutz . Archaeological evidence shows that Ein Avdat was inhabited by Nabateans and Catholic monks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midreshet Ben-Gurion and Sde Boker.

Village
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, 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.

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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: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sde Boker 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. is situated 5 km southwest of Midreshet Ben-Gurion.

Midreshet Ben-Gurion

Latitude
30.85159° or 30° 51′ 6″ north
Longitude
34.78258° or 34° 46′ 57″ east
Population
2,000
Open location code
8G2PVQ2M+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7446977302
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From French to Hebrew—“Midreshet Ben-Gurion” goes by many names.

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