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Place details
- Locality
- מצפה רמון
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 5,211
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Iso 259
- Miçpe Ramon
- Country
- Israel
- District
- Southern
- Head of municipality
- Elia Winter
- Total
- 62,875 dunams (62.875 km ; 24.276 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 839 m (2,753 ft)
- Density
- 92.93/km (240.7/sq mi)
- Name meaning
- Ramon Lookout
- Website
- mitzpe-ramon .muni .il
via Wikipedia infobox
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Mitzpe Ramon (Hebrew: מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן, Ramon Lookout; Arabic: متسبي رمون) is a local council in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 860 meters (2,800 feet) overlooking the world's largest erosion cirque, known as the Makhtesh Ramon. In 2024 it had a population of 5,843.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mitzpe Ramon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.