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Carmit

Coordinates: 31°20′9″N 34°54′1″E / 31.33583°N 34.90028°E / 31.33583; 34.90028
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Carmit
כרמית
Carmit is located in Northern Negev region of Israel
Carmit
Carmit
Carmit is located in Israel
Carmit
Carmit
Coordinates: 31°20′9″N 34°54′1″E / 31.33583°N 34.90028°E / 31.33583; 34.90028
Country Israel
DistrictSouthern
Founded2005

Carmit (Hebrew: כרמית) is a community settlement in the northern Negev desert in Israel, within the jurisdiction of Meitar located near Kramim forest.

History

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The community was founded for olim from North America.[2] A neighborhood for ultra-Orthodox Jews was also planned.[2] In 2005 the District Planning and Building Commission of the Southern Region approved the construction of 739 housing units for Carmit's Phase A. Residents moved into the first neighborhood during 2013,[3][4] with the community eventually intended to comprise over 2,500 housing units, each on an area of 1/8 acre (1/2 dunam).

Absorption to Carmit is being carried out by the Jewish National Fund,[2] the Jewish Agency, the Meitar local council and the OR Movement that has established six new communities in the Negev, West Bank and Galilee – Sansana (West Bank, est. 1997-2000), Merchav Am, Mitzpe Ilan, Haruv (2004), Be'er Milka (2006), and Giv'ot Bar (2004).

In 2011, marketing for plots of land began.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Developing New Communities". Jewish National Fund. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Dorronk (2011-02-15). "Newest Negev community - Carmit". The South African Zionist Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  4. ^ Ehud Zion Waldoks (2011-02-04). "First housing plots in new Negev community go up for sale". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  5. ^ Koriel, Ilana (February 2, 2011). "יישוב כרמית יוצא לדרך: מגרשים ראשונים למכירה" [Carmit Gets Going: First Plots for Sale]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved April 16, 2019.
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31°20′9″N 34°54′1″E / 31.33583°N 34.90028°E / 31.33583; 34.90028