Meitar () is a small
local council north-east of
Beersheba
Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most p ...
, in
Israel
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's
Southern District. The town lies on
Highway 60 just south of the
Green Line on the southern edge of
Mount Hebron, alongside the
Yatir Forest. Metar is 19 km north of
Beer-Sheva and is in between the two
Bedouin
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towns of
Hura
Hura, or Houra (, ) is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The town was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the consolidation of Negev Bedo ...
and
Laqiya. In it had a population of .
With a land area of 16,696
dunam
A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; ; ; ), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amo ...
s (~16.7 km
2), Meitar is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale, with a score of 9/10.
History
Meitar was founded in 1984. The area drew national attention during the
Shai Dromi trial.
References
External links
Psagot elementary school in MeitarAmit elementary school in MeitarMeitarim High school in MeitarMetar Sports Club
Populated places established in 1984
Local councils in Southern District (Israel)
1984 establishments in Israel
Hebron Hills
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