Shaharut
{{Short description|Community settlement in southern Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Shaharut
| image = Image:Shaharut.jpg
| hebname = {{Script/Hebrew|שַׁחֲרוּת}}
|arname=شَحَرُوت
| meaning =
| founded = 1985
| founded_by = Jewish Agency
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = south
| council = Hevel Eilot
| affiliation = HaMerkaz HaHakla'i
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Shaharut}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
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|coordinates = {{coord|29|54|17|N|34|59|59|E|display=inline,title}}
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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
References
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Category:Community settlements
Category:Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Category:Populated places established in 1985
Category:1985 establishments in Israel
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