Neot HaKikar () is a

moshav A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...

in the northern Arava valley in southern

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, established in 1970. Located in the south of the

Dead Sea The Dead Sea (; or ; ), also known by #Names, other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. It lies in the endorheic basin of the Jordan Rift Valle ...

, at an elevation of ''below''

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, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Tamar Regional Council The Tamar Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Tamar'') is a regional council in Israel's Southern District, on the south and western edges of the Dead Sea along the Arava valley. The council was established in 1955 with the opening of lodging a ...

. In it had a population of . Neot HaKikar was the site of the Neot HaKikar disaster, one of Israel's worst natural disasters.

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{{Authority control Moshavim Populated places in Southern District (Israel) Populated places established in 1970 1970 establishments in Israel Agricultural Union