Giv'ot Bar ( he, גִּבְעוֹת בַּר, ''lit.'' Grain Hills) is a
community settlement
A community settlement ( he, יישוב קהילתי, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of village in Israel and the West Bank. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the village's residents are organized in ...
in the northern
Negev desert of southern
Israel. Located to the south of
Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Bnei Shimon Regional Council
The Bnei Shimon Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית בני שמעון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Bnei Shim'on'', ''lit.'' Regional Council 'Sons of Shimon'), is a regional council in the northern Negev in the south of Israel. Most of its terri ...
. In it had a population of .
History
The village was established in 2004. Initially there were problems with acquiring the land from the
Bedouins living in the area, but in 2004
mobile home
A mobile home (also known as a house trailer, park home, trailer, or trailer home) is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Us ...
s were moved onto the site. The village's name was given to it due to the
wheat silo
A silo (from the Greek σιρός – ''siros'', "pit for holding grain") is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store fermented feed known as silage, not to be confused with a grain bin, which is used t ...
s in the surrounding farms and the fact that it was located in a hilly area.
References
External links
Official website
{{Bnei Shimon Regional Council
Community settlements
Populated places established in 2004
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
2004 establishments in Israel