Netivot

Netivot () is a city located in the Southern District of Israel, located 8 miles (13 kilometers) southeast of Sderot and 19 miles (31 kilometers) northwest of Beersheba. In it had a population of .

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Netivot is a city in Israel, situated within the Beersheba Subdistrict of the Southern District. Established in 1956, the municipality covers an area of 5.626 square kilometers. The city’s official name is נתיבות, and it operates under a city council government.

The population of Netivot is recorded as 31,314 in one dataset, while another source lists it as 43,732. The city is located at an elevation of 140 meters above sea level, with a separate measurement indicating 151 meters. Its geographic coordinates are approximately 31.417 degrees north latitude and 34.583 degrees east longitude.

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Place details

Locality: נתיבות
Region: מחוז הדרום
Country: ישראל
Population: 43,732
Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Netivot
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: PikiWiki Israel 44401 Aerial photo of Netivot.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Netivot
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Coat of arms of Netivot.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Coat of arms
Settlement.pushpin_map: Israel north negev#Israel
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Southern
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Beersheba
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1956
Settlement.established_title1: City Status
Settlement.established_date1: 2000
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Travel guide

Understand

Netivot was founded in 1956 to house new immigrants from North Africa. Its current population is around 31,000.

Get around

Netivot is about a 20 minute walk across. In summer, this can be quite unpleasant.

There are 5 local bus routes. All of them begin at the train station and end in the eastern commercial zone, serving various residential neighborhoods along the way.

Route 1 serves the Baba Sali's tomb. However, on the anniversary of his death, there are likely to be special bus arrangements due to the volume of the crowds.

Do

Netivot is pretty boring 364 days a year. Its claim to fame is the burial place of the Baba Sali, a Moroccan-Israeli rabbi who died in 1984. Once a year, on the Hebrew date of his death, thousands of followers descend on Netivot to commemorate him at the . It is a unique example of Moroccan-Sephardic Jewish culture. It takes place on the Hebrew date 4 Shevat (which falls out each year in January or early February), as well as the night before.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Article · Português

Netivot (em hebraico: נְתִיבוֹת) é uma cidade israelense, situada no distrito Sul de Israel, perto da Faixa de Gaza.

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