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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  • Type: Village with 479 residents
  • Description: Kibbutz in Israel
  • Also known as: “Sdeh Boker”, “Sed Boquer”, and “Sedeh Boker”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ben Gurion’s Desert Home and Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.

Memorial
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Ben-Gurion's hut was the retirement home of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula from 1953 until Ben-Gurion's death in 1973. The "hut", located on kibbutz Sde Boker, was preserved exactly as it was left by Ben-Gurion and now serves as a museum with a visitor center operated by the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midreshet Ben-Gurion and Merhav Am.

Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
, also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a community settlement and an educational center in southern . Located in the next to kibbutz Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.

Village
is a religious community settlement in southern Israel. Located in the desert between and the kibbutz of Sde Boker, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 679. is situated 3½ km northeast of Sde Boker.

Sde Boker

Latitude
30.8736° or 30° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
34.7938° or 34° 47′ 38″ east
Population
479
Elevation
476 metres (1,562 feet)
United Nations Location Code
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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Satellite Map

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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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