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Place details
- Locality
- ערד
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 27,967
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Israel
- District
- Southern
- Subdistrict
- Beersheba
- Founded
- 4000 BCE ( Tel Arad ) , 1100 BCE (Israelite city) , 1962 (Israeli city)
- Mayor
- Yair Maayan
- Total
- 93,140 dunams (93.14 km ; 35.96 sq mi)
- Density
- 316.8/km (820.4/sq mi)
- Jews and others
- 96.1%
- Arabs
- 3.9%
- Name meaning
- Named after Tel Arad
- Website
- arad .muni .il
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- عِرَادَ
- Population
- 24436
- Area
- 93.140
- Elevation
- 570
- Official website
- www.arad.muni.il
- Image
- WikiAir IL-13-06 015 - Arad.JPG
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Arad (Hebrew: עֲרָד (audio)) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and the Judaean deserts, 25 kilometres (16 miles) west of the Dead Sea and 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of 29,504 in 2024, including Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews (both secular and religious), Bedouins and Black Hebrews, as well as new immigrants.
After attempts to settle the area in the 1920s, Arad was founded in November 1962 as an Israeli development town, the first planned city in Israel. Arad's population grew significantly with the Aliyah from the former Soviet Union. It became a city in 1995.