Avdat

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.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: Mawqiʻ Atharī fī ṣaḥrāʼ al-Naqab
  • Also known as: “Abdah”, “Eboda”, “Obodat”, and “Ovdat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ein Avdat National Park.

Protected area
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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. is situated 3 km north of Avdat.

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. is situated 5 km northeast of Avdat.

Photo: Tamuz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Avdat

Latitude
30.8096° or 30° 48′ 35″ north
Longitude
34.75609° or 34° 45′ 22″ east
Open location code
8G2PRQ54+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7456857402
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q791665
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Avdat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عبدة”
  • Armenian: “Ավդատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avdat”
  • Catalan: “Avdat”
  • Czech: “Avdat”
  • Dutch: “Avdat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عبده”
  • Finnish: “Avdat”
  • French: “Avdat”
  • German: “Avdat-Nationalpark”
  • German: “Avdat”
  • German: “Awdat-Nationalpark”
  • Greek: “Άβντατ”
  • Hebrew: “עבדה”
  • Hebrew: “עבדת”
  • Irish: “Avdat”
  • Italian: “Avdat”
  • Japanese: “アヴダト”
  • Latin: “Eboda”
  • Lithuanian: “Avdat”
  • Lithuanian: “Avdatas”
  • Mongolian: “Авдат”
  • Persian: “آدات”
  • Polish: “Oboda”
  • Portuguese: “Avdat”
  • Portuguese: “Obodate”
  • Russian: “Авдат”
  • Russian: “Эбода”
  • Slovenian: “Avdat”
  • Spanish: “Avdat”
  • Spanish: “Ovdat”
  • Turkish: “Avdat”
  • Ukrainian: “Авдат”
  • Urdu: “عبدات”
  • Vietnamese: “Avdat”

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