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The Negev ( Hebrew '''נֶגֶב;''', Tiberian Hebrew '''Néḡeḇ'''; Arabic '''النقب''' '''an-Naqab''') is the Desert region of southern Israel . In Biblical Hebrew ''Negev'' means "south". The Negev covers the greater amount of Israel's official Southern District . Geographically, the over 13,000km&2 Negev forms an inverted triangle whose western side is contiguous with the desert of the Sinai Peninsula , and whose eastern border is the Wadi Arabah . Its central city is Beersheba (pop. around 200,000), in the north. The southern end is at the Gulf Of Eilat and the resort town of Eilat . Other towns include Dimona and Mitzpe Ramon , and a number of Bedouin towns, including Rahat and Tel Sheva . The Negev has a number of interesting cultural and geological features. Among these are three enormous, craterlike erosion cirques or ''machteshim'', which are unique to the region: ''ha-Machtesh ha-Gadol'' ("The Large Crater"), ''ha-Machtesh ha-Katan'' ("The Small Crater") and the Ramon Crater . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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