Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Nir Am

Nir Am is a village in , . Nir Am is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sderot and Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot.

Railway station
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The railway station is a railway station located near the southern entrance to , . It is situated on the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway.

College
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The , known formally as the Max and Ruth Schwartz Yeshivat Hesder of Sderot, was founded in 1995 by Rabbi Dovid E. Fendel. The yeshiva is located in the town of , one kilometer from the and the Palestinian Arab town of .

Movie theater
Sderot Cinematheque is a film archive in , . The Sderot Cinematheque was established in December 1999. It was founded by Haim Bresheeth in cooperation with Sapir Academic College and mayor Eli Moyal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nir Am and Sderot.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern . Located next to the city of and around two kilometres from the , the kibbutz covers 20,000 dunams. It falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 659.

Photo: Nizzan Cohen, CC BY 4.0.
is a western city and former development town in the of . In 2023, it had a population of 35,477. is located less than a mile from , and is notable for having been a major target of Qassam rocket attacks from the .

Village
is a kibbutz in southern . Located in the northwestern desert near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 680.

Nir Am

Latitude
31.51905° or 31° 31′ 9″ north
Longitude
34.58025° or 34° 34′ 49″ east
Open location code
8G3PGH9J+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92392972
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From French to Russian—“Nir Am” goes by many names.
  • French: “Nir Am”
  • Hebrew: “ניר עם”
  • Russian: “Нир-Ам”

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