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Southern Israel is dominated by the Negev desert, covering some 16,000 square kilometres (6,178 sq mi), more than half of the country's total land area. The north of the Negev contains the Judean Desert , which, at its border with Jordan, contains the Dead Sea which, at −417 m (−1,368 ft) is the lowest point on Earth.
As of 2010, the Negev was home to some 630,000 people, or 8.2% of Israel's population, even though it comprises over 55% of the country's area. 470,000 Negev residents (75% of the population) are Jews, while 160,000 or 25% are Bedouin. [48]
Module:Location map/data/Israel negev mt is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Southern Negev region of Israel. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Negev Mountains is a mountainous area in the north-western part of the Negev desert, in Israel. Mount Ramon is the summit of Negev Mountains and the highest point in southern Israel, reaching 1,037 metres (3,402 ft). Most of the area belongs to Negev Mountains Nature Reserve, the largest reserve in Israel. Its area is about 1,045,000 dunam. [1]
Israel confiscated most of the Negev lands, using The Land Rights Settlement Ordinance passed in 1969. [15] [61] Israel's policies regarding the Negev Bedouin at first included regulation and relocation. During the 1950s Israel has re-located two-thirds of the Negev Bedouins into an area that was under a martial law.
According to the Israel Land Administration, Negev Bedouin claim area 12 times bigger than that of Tel Aviv. [10]According to Arnon Sofer, the Bedouin make up about 2% of the Israeli population, but the unrecognized Bedouin communities spread on a vast territory and occupy more than 10 percent of Israel – north and east to Be'er Sheva.
The Negev region, situated in the southern part of present-day Israel, has a long and varied history that spans thousands of years.Despite being predominantly a semi-desert or desert, it has historically almost continually been used as farmland, pastureland, and an economically significant transit area.
The moshav was evacuated in 1982 as a result of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. 70 families who had previously lived in the settlement founded a new moshav, also called Netiv HaAsara in the north-western Negev desert. Pri'el, Sinai: פריאל: 1978: Sinai Peninsula: 1982: The moshav was evacuated in 1982 as a result of the Egypt–Israel ...