Nitsana

Nitzana is an educational youth village and institutional settlement in southern . Located in the western desert, adjacent to the border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.
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  • Type: Village with 99 residents
  • Description: village in Israel
  • Also known as: “Nitzana”, “Nitzana, Israel”, and “Nizzana”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nitzana Border Crossing and Saharonim.

Border checkpoint
Photo: Prince Roy, CC BY 2.0.
The , also called the Eliav Border Crossing, is an international border crossing between El Ouga in Egypt and Nitzana in . is situated 2½ km west of Nitsana.

Prison
The Prison was an Israeli detention facility for African asylum seekers located in the . It is the largest of a planned four camps with its total capacity of 8,000 inmates. is situated 3 km east of Nitsana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kmehin and Nitzanei Sinai.

Village
Photo: Eladvs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a secular moshav in the western desert in . Located near Nitzana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 649. is situated 3 km north of Nitsana.

Village
Photo: Shuki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Kadesh Barnea, is a community settlement in the western desert in . Located near Nitzana, it falls under the juridisction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 949. is situated 3 km northwest of Nitsana.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an ancient road junction close to water wells in the western and eastern . It was the traditional grazing land of the 'Azazme tribe. is situated 4½ km west of Nitsana.

Nitsana

Latitude
30.88537° or 30° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.42224° or 34° 25′ 20″ east
Population
99
Open location code
8G2PVCPC+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92402840
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2890221
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Nitsana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نتسانا”
  • Catalan: “Nitzana”
  • Czech: “Nicana”
  • Czech: “Nitzana”
  • Czech: “Nizzana”
  • Dutch: “Nitzana”
  • French: “Nitzana”
  • German: “Nitzana”
  • Hebrew: “ניצנה”
  • Hebrew: “קהילת חינוך ניצנה”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nitzana i Israel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nitzana i Israel”
  • Norwegian: “Nitzana i Israel”
  • Persian: “نیتزانا (منطقه مسکونی)”
  • Persian: “نیتزانا”
  • Polish: “Niccana”
  • Polish: “Nitsana”
  • Polish: “Nizzana - Qehilat Hinuh”
  • Russian: “Ницана”
  • Russian: “Сэла Мир Ницана”
  • Turkish: “Nitzana”

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