Rahat
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| hebrew : | רהט | ||
| arabic : | رهط | ||
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| District : | south | ||
| Founded : | 1972 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 24 ' N , 34 ° 45' E | ||
| Height : | 222 m | ||
| Area : | 19.586 km² | ||
| Residents : | 69,032 (as of: 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 3,525 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Community code : | 1161 | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Rahat ( Hebrew רהט, Arabic رهطRest, contentment) is a city in Israel . In 2018 it had 69,032 inhabitants. The population of Rahat consists almost exclusively of Bedouins and is very young overall: in 2001 65.2% were younger than 20 years, another 15.8% were younger than 30 years. The population growth in 2001 was 5.9%.
location
Rahat is located 12 kilometers north of Beer Sheva in the Negev desert.
history
Rahat was founded in the early 1970s and received city administration status in 1994 .
In 2019 the 7th or 8th century mosque near Rahat was discovered, one of the oldest mosques of Islam in today's Israel. The mosque dates from a period of cultural and religious change during the transition from the Byzantine to the Islamic period. In the vicinity of the site, the researchers discovered other facilities of early Islamic agriculture, including a large farmhouse. A new city district is to be built on the site.
Residents
The city's residents are 100% Muslim. The birth rate is one of the highest in the world. In 2016 Rahat had 64,462 inhabitants.
Web links
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 .
- ↑ Archaeologists find remains of an early mosque. In: Israelnetz .de. July 19, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved April 15, 2018
