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The Best Attractions In Southern District

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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 1,086,240 and its area is 14,185 km2. Its population is 79.66% Jewish and 12.72% Arab , with 7.62% Others. The district capital is Beersheba, while the largest city is Ashdod. Beersheba's dormitory towns of Omer, Meitar, and Lehavim are all relatively affluent, while the development towns and the seven Bedouin cities are lower on the socio-economic scale.
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The Best Attractions In Southern District

  • 1. Dolphin Reef Eilat
    Dolphin Reef is a horseshoe-shaped sea-pen holding captive bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Eilat in the northern-eastern Red Sea near the city of Eilat in southern Israel. It is a major tourist attraction in this area.
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  • 2. Underwater Observatory Marine Park Eilat
    Eilat's Coral World Underwater Observatory is a public aquarium, park and conservation center located in Eilat, Israel. It is the biggest public aquarium in Israel, and it hosts over 800 species. It was founded in 1974 and was the first of its kind. The park and aquarium is located to the south of Eilat's Coral Beach nature reserve.
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  • 3. Timna Park Eilat
    The Timna Valley is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arava/Arabah, approximately 30 kilometres north of the Gulf of Aqaba and the city of Eilat. The area is rich in copper ore and has been mined since the 5th millennium BCE. There is controversy whether the mines were active during the famous biblical united Kingdom of Israel and its second ruler, King Solomon.A large section of the valley, containing ancient remnants of copper mining and ancient worship, is encompassed in a recreation park . In July 2011, the Israeli government approved the construction of an international airport, the Ramon Airport, in the Timna Valley.
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  • 4. Ramon Crater Mitspe Ramon
    Mitzpe Ramon is a town in the Negev desert of southern Israel. The name Ramon comes from the Hebrew Roma'im meaning Romans. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 860 meters overlooking a sizable erosion cirque known as the Ramon Crater. In 2017 it had a population of 5,240.
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  • 6. Eilat Action Eilat
    Eilat Airport , also known as J. Hozman Airport , is an Israeli airport located in the city of Eilat, and named for Arkia Airlines founder Yakov Hozman . Eilat Airport is located in the central area of the city, next to Route 90 . It mostly handles domestic flights to Tel Aviv and Haifa with international flights operating instead to Uvda International Airport, but a few international flights on aircraft that can handle the relatively short runway use Eilat as well. The airport was expected to cease operations on October 27, 2018 when Eilat's new international airport, Ramon Airport, becomes operational. However, the new airport is delayed and won't be operational until March 2019 at the earliest.
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  • 7. Ashkelon national park Ashkelon
    Ashkelon is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres south of Tel Aviv, and 13 kilometres north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Ancient Egyptians, the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Hasmoneans, the Romans, the Persians, the Arabs and the Crusaders, until it was destroyed by the Mamluks in 1270. The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Asqalan , was established a few kilometres inland from the ancient site by the late 15th century, under Ottoman rule. In 1918, it became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of ...
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  • 8. Masada Fortress Arad
    Masada is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km east of Arad. Herod the Great built palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE. According to Josephus, the siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire at the end of the First Jewish–Roman War ended in the mass suicide of 960 people, the Sicarii rebels and their families hiding there. Masada is one of Israel's most popular tourist attractions.
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  • 10. Ice Mall Eilat Eilat
    Ice Hockey in Israel is a minor sport. Until the construction of the new arena in Holon, many Israeli hockey players were members of the Canada Israel Hockey School housed at the Canada Center in Metulla, Israel. Lately, a vast number of new hockey team has been created in the 'center' of Israel, most of them based on roller-hockey players, or young players which started their career in the Holon ice arena.
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  • 11. Coral Beach Nature Reserve Eilat
    Eilat's Coral Beach Nature Reserve and Conservation area is a nature reserve and national park in the Red Sea, near the city Eilat in Israel. It covers 1.2 kilometers of shore, and is the northernmost shallow water coral reef in the world. It is popular for diving and research, and was founded by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. At the southernmost point of the nature reserve there is the Coral World Underwater Observatory, the largest public aquarium in the Middle East.
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