Lehavim (Hebrew: לְהָבִים) is an affluent village located within the Northern Negev, Israel. Founded in 1983, it is located 15 km north of Beersheba. In 2009, the population was 6,000.
Population: 6,000
Latitude: 31° 22' 22.22" N
Longitude: 34° 48' 58.28" E
The geography of Israel is very diverse, with desert conditions in the south, and snow-capped mountains in the north. Israel is located at (31°30′N34°45′E) at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in western Asia. It is bounded to the north by L…
Green Line refers to the demarcation lines set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between the armies of Israel and those of its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The name derives from the green ink used …
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU, Hebrew: אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, Universitat Ben Gurion Banegev, Arabic: جامعة بن غوريون) is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the Ma…
Tel Lachish (Hebrew: תל לכיש; Greek: Λαχις; Latin: Tel Lachis), also Tell ed-Duweir, is the site of an ancient Near East city, now an archaeological site and an Israeli national park. Lachish is located in the Shephelah region of Israel between Mou…
Tel Sheva (Hebrew) or Tell es-Seba (Arabic) is an archeological site in southern Israel believed to be the remains of the biblical town of Beersheba. It lies east of the modern city of Beersheba and west of the new Bedouin town of Tel Sheva/Tell as-…
Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base (Hebrew: בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר חֲצֵרִים, Bsis Heil HaAvir Hatzerim) (ICAO: LLHB) is an air base of the Israeli Air Force in the Negev Desert on the west outskirts of Beersheba, near Kibbutz Hatzerim. The base was con…
Ziklag (Hebrew: צִקְלַג) is the Biblical name of a town that was located in the Negev region in the south of what was the Kingdom of Judah.
Soroka Medical Center is a hospital in Beersheba, Israel. It is the largest medical center in the southern region of the country, and the fourth largest in Israel with approximately 1000 beds. It is owned by Clalit Health Services, the largest Healt…
Hatzerim (Hebrew: חֲצֵרִים, lit. Farmyards) is a kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel. It is named after the Bible (Deuteronomy 2:23), mentioning a site nearby: "the Avvites who lived in farmyards as far as Ga…
Tell el-Hesi (Hebrew: תל חסי) is a 25-acre archaeological site in Israel. It was the first major site excavated in Palestine, first by Flinders Petrie in 1890 and later by Frederick Jones Bliss in 1891 and 1892, both sponsored by the Palestine Expl…
Lehavim (Hebrew: לְהָבִים) is a town in Israel, in the northern Negev. Founded in 1983, it is located 15 km north of Beersheba.
The Arthur Vasermil Municipal Stadium, commonly known as the Vasermil Stadium, is a football stadium in Beersheba, Israel. The stadium is designed as an open bowl (though a small part of one side has cover), and formerly had a running track, though …
The Monument to the Negev Brigade (Hebrew: אנדרטת חטיבת הנגב, Andartat Hativat HaNegev), known locally as the Andarta, is a monument designed by Dani Karavan in memory of the members of the Palmach Negev Brigade who fell defending Israel during the…
The Metropolitan area of Beersheba (Hebrew: מטרופולין באר שבע), is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Beersheba and the Southern Districts of Israel. The area is closely linked to the city of Beer Sheva through social, economic, and c…
The Battle of Beersheba, codenamed Operation Moses (Hebrew: מִבְצָע מֹשֶׁה, Mivtza Moshe), was an Israeli offensive on Beersheba on October 21, 1948. It was part of Operation Yoav and was conducted at the end of the operation. It was made possible f…
The 12th Negev Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבת הנגב, Hativat HaNegev) was an Israeli infantry brigade that served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It was commanded by Nahum "Sergei" Sarig (hence also called Sergei Brigade) and consisted of four Palmach battali…
Shaqib al-Salam or Segev Shalom (Arabic: شقيب السلام, Hebrew: שֶׂגֶב שָׁלוֹם) (also Shqeb al-Salam) is a Bedouin town and a local council in the South District of Israel, southeast of Beersheba.
The Bnei Shimon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית בני שמעון, Mo'atza Azorit Bnei Shim'on), is a regional council in the northern Negev in the south of Israel. Most of its territory lies north of Beersheba and the rest bounds Beersheba on the w…