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Lehavim
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Lehavim () is an affluent town in southern Israel. Founded in 1983 and located in the northern Negev around 15 km north of Beersheba, it has a local council government. In it had a population of .

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Place details

Locality
להבים
Region
מחוז הדרום
Country
ישראל
Population
6,415
Timezone
Asia/Jerusalem

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Lehavim
Settlement.settlement_type
Local council
Settlement.image_skyline
Lehavim Aerial View.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Israel north negev#Israel
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Southern
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1983
Settlement.leader_title
Head of Municipality
Settlement.leader_name
Elad Arazi
Settlement.unit_pref
dunam
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Encyclopedic overview

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Lehavim () is an affluent town in southern Israel. Founded in 1983 and located in the northern Negev around 15 km north of Beersheba, it has a local council government. In it had a population of .

==History== thumb|200px|Lehavim synagogue|left Lehavim, originally called "Givat Lahav," covers an area of 2,525 dunams (2.5 km2). It is one of Beersheba's three satellite towns (the others are Omer and Meitar). Most of the inhabitants commute to Beersheba for work. Lehavim is an upper-middle class community of detached homes surrounded by palm trees and gardens. As of 2017, it received the highest ranking on the Israeli Socio-Economic Index (10 out of 10) according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics along with only three other municipalities (Omer, Kfar Shmaryahu and Savyon). The town has a library, a country club, kindergartens, a school, two synagogues, and a commercial center. Lehavim achieved municipal status in 1988.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lehavim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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