Dimona
Sign in to savethumb|View of Dimona thumb|Apartment blocks in Dimona Dimona (, ) is an Israeli city in the Negev desert, to the south-east of Beersheba and west of the Dead Sea above the Arava valley in the Southern District of Israel. In its population was . The Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, colloquially known as the Dimona Reactor, is located southeast of the city.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dimona
- Settlement.native_name
- ديمونا
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Dimonah
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Dimona Aerial View.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Dimona
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Dimona COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel north negev#Israel
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- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Key dates
- Inception
- 19 September 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city council
- Official name
- דימונה
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Beersheba Subdistrict
- Population
- +34135
- Area
- +29.877
- Elevation
- +580
- Official website
- www.matnas-dimona.org.il
- Image
- Dimona Aerial View.jpg
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Article
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- Etymology
- History
- Demography
- Economy
- Geography and climate
- Climate
- Transportation
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- References
- External links
thumb|View of Dimona thumb|Apartment blocks in Dimona Dimona (, ) is an Israeli city in the Negev desert, to the south-east of Beersheba and west of the Dead Sea above the Arava valley in the Southern District of Israel. In its population was . The Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, colloquially known as the Dimona Reactor, is located southeast of the city.
==Etymology== The Negev Naming Committee chose the name based upon that of a biblical town, mentioned in Joshua 15:21-22, on the basis that "the sound of this name had been preserved in the Arabic name Harabat Umm Dumna."