Lahav
| Kibbutz Lahav | |||
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| hebrew : | להב | ||
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| District : | south | ||
| Founded : | 1952 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 23 ' N , 34 ° 52' E | ||
| Height : | 455 m | ||
| Area : | 33,000 km² | ||
| Residents : | 529 (as of 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 16 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 2023 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | Kibbutz | ||
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Lahav ( Hebrew להב) is a kibbutz in the Negev and in the southern district of Israel . The kibbutz is located at the foot of Tel Halif (Arabic Tell el-Ḫuwēlfe ) around 20 km north of Be'er Scheva . In 2018, the kibbutz had 529 inhabitants and a size of 33,000 dunams , and it falls under the jurisdiction of the B'nei Shimon regional administration .
The kibbutz was first founded in 1952 under the name Ziklag ( Hebrew צקלג) founded after the biblical city of Ziklag , which was probably on Tel Halif. After a few years the kibbutz was renamed Lahav in honor of the Nachal group who founded the kibbutz.
Web links
Commons : Lahav - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Keel, Othmar, Küchler, Max: Places and landscapes of the Bible. A handbook and study travel guide to the Holy Land, Volume 2: The South, Zurich, Einsiedeln, Cologne, Göttingen 1982, p. 935