Shaharut

{{Short description|Community settlement in southern Israel}}

{{Infobox Israel village

| name = Shaharut

| image = Image:Shaharut.jpg

| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שַׁחֲרוּת}}

|arname=شَحَرُوت

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| founded = 1985

| founded_by = Jewish Agency

| country = {{ISR}}

| district = south

| council = Hevel Eilot

| affiliation = HaMerkaz HaHakla'i

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| population = {{Israel populations|Shaharut}}

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Shaharut ({{langx|he|שַׁחֲרוּת}}, {{langx|ar|شَحَرُوتْ}} – šaḥarūt) is a community settlement in the far south of Israel. Located 40 kilometers north of Eilat, and six kilometers west of Yotvata on a ridge above the Arabah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Shaharut}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

History

The village was founded in 1985 by the Jewish Agency and was named after the nearby Shaharut Mountain; the word "Shaharut" means "youth", as in Ecclesiastes chapter 11. It is the only settlement in the area that is not in the valley.

Notable residents

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