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Lehavim

Town in southern Israel

Summary

Town in southern Israel

Field	Value
name	Lehavim
native_name
settlement_type	Local council
image_skyline	Lehavim Aerial View.jpg
pushpin_map	Israel north negev#Israel
coordinates
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1
subdivision_type2	District
established_title	Founded
established_date	1983
leader_title	Head of Municipality
leader_name	Elad Arazi
unit_pref	dunam
area_total_dunam
population_footnotes
population_total
population_as_of
population_density_km2	auto

Southern

Lehavim () is an affluent town in southern Israel. Founded in 1983 and located in the northern Negev around 15 km north of Beersheba, it has a local council government. In it had a population of .

History

Lehavim, originally called "Givat Lahav," covers an area of 2,525 dunams (2.5 km2). It is one of Beersheba's three satellite towns (the others are Omer and Meitar). Most of the inhabitants commute to Beersheba for work. Lehavim is an upper-middle class community of detached homes surrounded by palm trees and gardens. As of 2017, it received the highest ranking on the Israeli Socio-Economic Index (10 out of 10) according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics along with only three other municipalities (Omer, Kfar Shmaryahu and Savyon). The town has a library, a country club, kindergartens, a school, two synagogues, and a commercial center. Lehavim achieved municipal status in 1988.

Transportation

Lehavim is located near the intersection of Highway 40 (Beersheba–Tel Aviv) and Highway 31 (Arad–Rahat), known as the Lehavim Junction. The Lod–Beersheba railway line passes through this crossing. The Lehavim–Rahat railway station, inaugurated in 2007 on the western side of Lehavim, and its proximity to Highway 6, have served as an economic catalyst.

Notable residents

Ron Darmon (born 1992), Olympic triathlete

References

[https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2021/socio_eco17_1832/t01.pdf Socio Economy]cbs.gov.il {{Webarchive. link. (4 March 2022)
"מועצה מקומית להבים | Lehavim Local Council - About".
[https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/red-hot-times-in-the-desert-1.6666 Red-hot times in the desert], [[Haaretz]]
(17 September 2016). "Israel to Debut First Olympic Triathlete | IFCJ".

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