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Arad is a city in Israel’s Southern District, established on January 1, 1961. It is governed by a city council and has a population of 24,436. The city covers an area of 93.140 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 570 meters above sea level. Its official name is ערד, and it operates in the UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00 time zones.
The municipality is twinned with Burlington. Arad’s postal code is 89100. While some sources list the population as 27,967 and elevation as 613 meters, the primary administrative data indicates 24,436 residents and 570 meters elevation. The city is located in the Southern District of Israel.
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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
- Instance of
- city council
- Official name
- عِرَادَ
- Country
- Israel
- Population
- 24436
- Area
- 93.140
- Elevation
- 570
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.arad.muni.il
- Image
- WikiAir IL-13-06 015 - Arad.JPG
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- topic's main category
- Category:Arad, Israel
- Commons category
- Arad, Israel
- twinned administrative body
- Burlington
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Arad, Israel
- inception
- 1961-01-01
- native label
- عِرَادَ
- postal code
- 89100
- P8168
- 262 BC
- P12749
- May 27
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.