Southern District (Israel)
The Southern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts, the largest in terms of land area but the most sparsely populated.
The Southern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts, the largest in terms of land area but the most sparsely populated. It covers most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arava valley. The population of the Southern District is 1,444,259 and its area is 14,185 km2. Its population is 79.66% Jewish and 12.72% Arab, with 7.62% of other origins.
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Getting to Southern District (Israel)
- Airports
- Ramon (ETM), 101 km · El Arish (AAC), 105 km · King Hussein (AQJ), 114 km
- Eilat → Southern District (Israel)125 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · ₪55–75
- Tel Aviv → Southern District (Israel)156 km · quickest by road, 4h · ₪65–85
- El Arish → Southern District (Israel)114 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · E£245–330
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No local-transport research exists yet for Southern District (Israel)
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 Southern District (Israel). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom the Arava by Jeep or bicycle, the crater can be reached through the Nekarot stream (red-marked dirt road starting at highway 90 just in front of Ein Yahav) or the Incense Route (black dirt road departing from highway 90 about 2 km south of Tzofar).
From Wikivoyage: Mitzpe Ramon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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