Mahane Yatir
מחנה יתיר | |
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Coordinates: 31°20′52″N 35°03′38″E / 31.34778°N 35.06056°E | |
Country | Israel |
District | Southern |
Founded | 1979 |
Population (2022)[1] | 306 |
Mahane Yatir (Hebrew: מחנה יתיר, lit. 'Yatir Camp'), also known as Lev Yatir (Hebrew: לב יתיר, lit. 'Heart of Yatir'), is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel. In 2022 it had a population of 306.[1]
The village was established in 1979, and was named after a biblical city (Joshua 15:48) here in the allotment of the Tribe of Judah[2] 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.[3] In 2013 it was added to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics count of localities.[4]