Ramat Negev Regional Council is a
regional councilRegional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local councils. As of 2003, there were 53 regional councils in Israel, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas...
in the
NegevThe Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab . The origin of the word Negev is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
desert in
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. The largest regional council in the country, its headquarters are located on
Highway 40 between Mashabei Sadeh and
TlalimTlalim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Ramat Negev Regional Council and has a population of 110.-History:...
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Ramat Negev Regional Council is a
regional councilRegional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local councils. As of 2003, there were 53 regional councils in Israel, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas...
in the
NegevThe Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab . The origin of the word Negev is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
desert in
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. The largest regional council in the country, its headquarters are located on
Highway 40 between Mashabei Sadeh and
TlalimTlalim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Ramat Negev Regional Council and has a population of 110.-History:...
.
Places
Ramat Negev has no towns or cities, and is composed entirely of
kibbutzA kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
im,
moshavMoshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
im and
communal settlementsA community settlement is a type of town in Israel. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the town's residents, who are organized in a cooperative, can veto a sale of a house or a business to an undesirable buyer.By this selection process, a community...
. Two of them (
RevivimRevivim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located around half an hour south of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council...
and
Sde BokerSde Boker is a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Best known as the retirement home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.-History:...
) are notable as former residences of
Prime MinistersThe Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel . The prime minister is the country's chief executive. The official residence of the prime minister, Beit Rosh Hamemshala is in Jerusalem...
Golda MeirGolda Meir was the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel....
and
David Ben-Gurion' was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel...
respectively.
Kibbutzim
- Mashabei Sadeh
- Retamim
Retamim is a kibbutz in the central Negev desert in southern Israel. Located three kilometres northwest of Revivim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.-History:...
- Revivim
Revivim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located around half an hour south of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council...
- Sde Boker
Sde Boker is a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Best known as the retirement home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.-History:...
- Tlalim
Tlalim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Ramat Negev Regional Council and has a population of 110.-History:...
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Moshavim
Be'er Milka Be'er Milka is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the central Negev desert close to the Egyptian border, around three kilometres from Kmehin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council....
KmehinKmehin is a secular moshav in the western Negev desert in Israel.Located near Nitzana, it is named for the truffles that grow in the area. The moshav was founded in 1988 and is part of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. It is home to around 30 families.The moshav's main produce is cherry tomatoes,...
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Communal settlements
Ashalim Ashalim is a small communal settlement in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert about 35 km south of Be'er Sheva and on the eastern side of Nahal Besor, the largest stream in the Negev, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Ramat Negev Regional Council...
Ezuzright|thumb|A sign towards EzuzEzuz is a small communal settlement in the western Negev desert in Israel. Named for Nahal Ezuz, a local stream, it is located to the south of Nitzana and is part of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council....
Merhav AmMerhav Am is a religious communal settlement in the Negev desert in Israel. Located between Yeruham and the kibbutz of Sde Boker, it is part of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.-History:...
Midreshet Ben-GurionMidreshet Ben-Gurion , also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a communal settlement in southern Israel. Located near Sde Boker in the Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2008 it had a population of 1,100....
NitzanaNitzana is an educational youth village and communal settlement in the western Negev desert in Israel, adjacent to the Egyptian border. It is named for the nearby Nabataean city of Nitzana and gives its name to the Nitzana Border Crossing....
Nitzanei SinaiNitzanei Sinai , also known as Kadesh Barne'a , is a communal settlement in the western Negev desert in Israel. Located near Nitzana, it is named for its proximity to Sinai, as well as after Kadesh Barne'a, one of the stations on the Israelites' journey during the Exodus.The settlement was founded...
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Tourism
Ramat Negev contains many tourist sites, particularly archaeological ruins including the ancient incense route cities of
AvdatAvdat , also known as Ovdat or Obodat was the most important historic city on the "Perfume Road" after Petra between the 7th century BCE and the 1st century BCE. It was inhabited by Nabataeans, Romans and Byzantines...
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HaluzaHaluza, also known as Halasa and Elusa, is a city in the Negev that was once part of the Nabataean Incense Route. Due to this historic importance, UNESCO have granted four cities in the Negev the joint status of a World Heritage Site; Haluza is one of these, the others being Mamshit, Avdat, Shivta...
,
NitzanaNitzana is an ancient Nabataean city located in the Negev desert in Israel close to the Egyptian border. It may have been a station on the eastern branch of the ancient Incense Route, serving pilgrims and merchants travelling to Sinai or central Egypt...
,
ShivtaShivta or Sobota or Subeitah or Subaytah , is an archaeological site in the Negev Desert of Israel, east of Nitzana. Until 1948, there was a Palestinian village of the same name, Subaytah, south of the archaeological site, which is now the Israeli Artillery Corps main training facility.Long...
(three of them now a
World Heritage siteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list that is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term.A World Heritage Site is a...
), as well as some of the
Makhteshthumb|left|One of the two makhteshim in Sinai
© DigitalGlobeA makhtesh is a geological landform regarded to be unique to the Negev desert of Israel and the Sinai Peninsula...
im.
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