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Nizzane Sinay in the region of Southern District is a city in Israel - some 336 mi or ( 540 km ) South-East of Jerusalem , the country's capital .

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Current time in Nizzane Sinay is now 08:49 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jerusalem " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Damascus, Amman, Tyre, Beirut, and Gaza. While being here, make sure to check out Damascus . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Nizzane Sinay ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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The Israeli Family Project - WWW.IL-FAMILY.COM

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The Israeli Family Project The Israeli Story that you never heard Our story begins in the summer of 2002. It is this summer that we moved from the big city in the center of Israel to a small village i ..

Ницана - Рамат Рут (Центральный Негев), Израиль.

10:32 min by Igor Skorubsky
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Велопоход. 29.02.2008 Mountain bike trail. Israel. Велопоходы по Израилю. Иудейская пустыня. Фотографии и описание маршрута: www.is-israel.com ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kmehin

Kmehin is a secular moshav in the western Negev desert in Israel. Located near Nitzana, it is named for the truffles that grow in the area. The moshav was founded in 1988 and is part of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. It is home to around 30 families. The moshav's main produce is cherry tomatoes, flowers, spices and peppers.

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Located at 30.90 34.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Moshavim

Nitzana Border Crossing

The Nitzana Border Crossing is an international border crossing between El Ouga, Egypt and Nitzana, Israel. Opened in 1982, the crossing used to handle pedestrians as well as private cars but most of the crossing was being done via the Taba Border Crossing in Eilat and the Rafah Border Crossing in Rafah that the Israelis decided to shut down the crossing to tourists. There is talk of possibly reopening the crossing to tourists now that the Rafah crossing is no longer in Israeli control.

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Located at 30.88 34.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Egypt–Israel border crossings

Battle of 'Auja

The Battle of 'Auja, also called Battle of Nitzana, was a military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in and around 'Auja, a small village on the Egypt–Israel border. It was fought on December 26–27, 1948, as part of Operation Horev, an Israeli campaign meant to expel all Egyptian forces from the country. The first stage of the operation was the simultaneous capture of 18 Egyptian positions on the Beersheba–'Auja road, including 7 around 'Auja.

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Located at 30.89 34.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Nitzana (Nabataean city)

Nitzana is an ancient Nabataean city located in the southwest Negev desert in Israel close to the Egyptian border. It may have been a camel caravan station on the eastern branch of the ancient Incense Route, serving pilgrims and merchants travelling to Sinai or central Egypt.

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Located at 30.88 34.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Israel, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Nabataean sites in Israel, National parks of Israel, Ramat Negev Regional Council

Karkaa

Karkaa was a city or place mentioned in the Bible near Adar and Azmon, about midway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea. The place is mentioned only once as one of the landmarks on the south boundary of the tribe of Judah and its present location is unknown..

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Located at 30.96 34.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Hebrew Bible places