Nitzan
Nitzan is a religiously observant community settlement in southern Israel.
Nitzan is a religiously observant community settlement in southern Israel. Located within the Nitzanim Sand Dune Reserve north of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,634, including a large concentration of Bnei Menashe from India and Myanmar regions bordering India.
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Getting to Nitzan
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 39 km · El Arish (AAC), 108 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 129 km
- Eilat → Nitzan275 km · quickest by road, 5h 40m · ₪110–145
- Amman → Nitzan101 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · JD6–8
- El Arish → Nitzan143 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · E£350–470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nitzan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nitzan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").
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Next door to Nitzan
Nitzan is 31 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.