Mahane Yatir

Mahane Yatir
מחנה יתיר
Mahane Yatir
Coordinates: 31°20′52″N 35°03′38″E / 31.34778°N 35.06056°E / 31.34778; 35.06056Coordinates: 31°20′52″N 35°03′38″E / 31.34778°N 35.06056°E / 31.34778; 35.06056
District Southern
Founded 1979
Population (2015)[1] 197

Mahane Yatir (Hebrew: מחנה יתיר ‎‎, lit. Yatir Camp), also known as Lev Yatir (Hebrew: לב יתיר‎‎, Heart of Yatir), is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel. In 2015 it had a population of 197.[1]

History

The village was established in 1979.[1] In 2008 a gar'in was formed to establish a new village, Hiran, in the nearby area. The group moved to Mahane Yatir in 2010 in order to acclimatise to local conditions.[2] In 2013 it was added to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics count of localities.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ↑ History Hiran
  3. ↑ Statistics abstract of Israel 2014 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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