Neot HaKikar ( he, נְאוֹת הַכִּכָּר) is a
moshav
A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...
in the northern
Arava valley in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
established in 1970.
Located immediately south of the
Dead Sea
The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...
, at an elevation of ''below''
sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Tamar Regional Council
The Tamar Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית תמר, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Tamar'') is a regional council in Israel's Southern District, on the south and western edges of the Dead Sea along the Arava valley. The council was established i ...
. In it had a population of .
Neot HaKikar was the site of the
Neot HaKikar disaster, one of Israel's worst natural disasters.
References
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Moshavim
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
Populated places established in 1970
1970 establishments in Israel
Agricultural Union