Ramat Negev Regional Council

Ramat Negev
  • רמת נגב‎‎
District Southern
Government
 • Type Regional council (from 1954)
 • Head of Municipality Shmuel Rifman
Area
 • Total 4,099,240 dunams (4,099.24 km2 or 1,582.73 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 6,400
Website Official website

Ramat Negev Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית רמת נגב‎‎, Mo'atza Azorit Ramat Negev, lit. Negev Heights Regional Council) is a regional council in the Negev desert in Israel. The largest regional council in the country, its headquarters are located on Highway 40 between Mashabei Sadeh and Tlalim.

History

Ramat Negev communities are all kibbutzim, moshavim and communal settlements. Revivim and Sde Boker are notable as former residences of Prime Ministers Golda Meir and David Ben-Gurion respectively. Some 6,000 Jews live within the jurisdiction of the Ramat Negev Regional Council.[1]

In 2012, the council approved the establishment of a new community, Ramat Tzipporim, to provide homes for 2,000 Azzazmeh Bedouins living in the region.[2]

Tourism

Ramat Negev contains many tourist sites, particularly archaeological ruins including the ancient incense route cities of Avdat, Haluza, Nitzana, Shivta (three of them now a World Heritage site), as well as some of the Makhteshim.

Communities

Kibbutzim Moshavim Communal settlements

See also

References

  1. ↑ For the first time, Bedouin town to be part of Jewish local council, Haaretz
  2. ↑ For the first time, Bedouin town to be part of Jewish local council, Haaretz

Coordinates: 30°52′N 34°47′E / 30.867°N 34.783°E / 30.867; 34.783

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