Meitar

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Meitar
Basic data
hebrew : מיתר
State : IsraelIsrael Israel
District : south
Founded : 1980
Coordinates : 31 ° 20 ′  N , 34 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 19 ′ 41 ″  N , 34 ° 56 ′ 29 ″  E
Height : 457  m
Area : 16.696  km²
 
Residents : 8438 (as of: 2018)
Population density : 505 inhabitants per km²
 
Community code : 1268
Time zone : UTC + 2
Meitar (Israel)
Meitar
Meitar

Meitar ( Hebrew מיתר) is a town in the northern part of the Negev desert in Israel . The village had 8,438 inhabitants in 2018.

Meitar is located 15 km northeast of Beersheba , on the road Be'er Scheva- Hebron . Immediately north of the place is the border with the West Bank .

The town was founded in 1980 and in 1984 the first houses were occupied. The place is characterized by single-family houses and the socio-cultural level of the residents is among the highest in Israel.

Meitar is one of the wealthy satellite cities of Be'er Sheva, which also includes Lehawim and Omer .

There are extensive planted forests around the city, some of the largest in Israel. These are the Lahaw Forest and the Yatir Forest .

Web links

Commons : Meitar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  2. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .