Sde Boker

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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  • Village with 479 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 476 metres (1,562 feet)
  • Description: Kibbutz in Israel
  • Also known as
    “Sdeh Boker”
    “Sed Boquer”
    “Sedeh Boker”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Gurion’s Desert Home and Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.
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Ben-Gurion's hut was the retirement home of Israeli…
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midreshet Ben-Gurion and Merhav Am.
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, also known as Midreshet Sde…
is a religious community settlement in southern Israel. is situated 3½ km northeast of Sde Boker.

Sde Boker

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Latitude
30.8736° or 30° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
34.7938° or 34° 47′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
IL SDB
Open location code
8G2PVQFV+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91941218
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293628
Wiki­data ID
Q1026531

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sde Boker” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سدي بوكير”
  • Arabic: “سديه بوكير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sde Boker”
  • Bulgarian: “Сде Бокер”
  • Bulgarian: “Седе Бокер”
  • Catalan: “Sedé Bóqer”
  • Chinese: “塞代博凱爾”
  • Chinese: “斯代博克”
  • Czech: “Sde Boker”
  • Danish: “Kibbutz Sde Boker”
  • Danish: “Sde Boker”
  • Dutch: “Sde Boker”
  • Finnish: “Sde Boker”
  • French: “Sde Boker”
  • French: “Sdé Boker”
  • German: “Sde Boker”
  • German: “Sede Boqer”
  • Hebrew: “שדה בוקר”
  • Italian: “Sde Boker”
  • Japanese: “スデー・ボケル”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sede Boker”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sde Boker”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sde Boker”
  • Norwegian: “Sde Boker”
  • Persian: “سده بوکر”
  • Polish: “Sde Boker”
  • Polish: “Sde Boqer”
  • Polish: “Sede Boker”
  • Russian: “Сде-Бокер”
  • Serbian: “Сде Бокер”
  • Spanish: “Sde Boker”
  • Swedish: “Sde Boker”
  • Turkish: “Sde Boker”
  • Ukrainian: “Сде-Бокер”
  • Urdu: “سده بوکر”

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