Meitar

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Meitar

| native_name = {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|מֵיתָר}}|rtl=yes}}

| settlement_type = Local council (from 1987)

| translit_lang1 = Hebrew

| translit_lang1_type1 = ISO 259

| translit_lang1_info1 = Meitar

| translit_lang1_type3 = Also spelled

| translit_lang1_info3 = Metar (official)

| image_skyline = Meitar Aerial View.jpg

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_map = Israel north negev

| pushpin_mapsize =

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|31|19|38.15|N|34|56|18.78|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = {{ISR}}

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Southern

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1984

| leader_title = Head of Municipality

| leader_name = Shimon Mazuz

| unit_pref = dunam

| area_total_dunam = {{formatnum:16696|R}}

| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}

| population_total = {{Israel populations|Metar}}

| population_as_of = {{Israel populations|Year}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning

| blank_info_sec1 = string (of a tent, reflected in logo)

| founder = Bezalel Geber

}}

Meitar ({{langx|he|מֵיתָר}}) is a small local council north-east of Beersheba, in Israel's Southern District. The town lies on Highway 60 just south of the Green Line on the southern edge of Mount Hebron, alongside the Yatir Forest. Metar is 19 km north of Beer-Sheva and is in between the two Bedouin towns of Hura and Laqiya. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Metar}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

With a land area of 16,696 dunams (~16.7 km²), Meitar is ranked very highly on the Israeli socio-economic scale, with a score of 9/10.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/545_1268.pdf|title=Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Meitar|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=2008-03-07|language=Hebrew}}