內蓋夫
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內蓋夫(英语: -{Negev}-；希伯來語: -{נֶגֶב}-, Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ; النقب, an-Naqab)是一個位於以色列南部的沙漠地區。「內蓋夫」在《聖經》年代的希伯來語的意思就是「南部」。整個內蓋夫差不多佔了以色列南部的大部份地域 。
地理上，面積超過13,000km²的內蓋夫呈倒三角形，西部與西奈半島的沙漠相連，東部與Wadi Arabah相鄰。
內蓋夫的最大城市是位於地區北部的別是巴，有人口約20萬，亦是以色列南區的地區行政中心。At its southern end is the Gulf of Eilat and the resort town of Eilat. Other towns include Dimona, Arad, Mitzpe Ramon as well as a number of small Bedouin towns, including Rahat and Tel Sheva. There are also several kibbutz settlements, including Revivim and Sde Boker; the latter was founded by Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion and became his home after his retirement from politics.
The desert is also home to the Ben-Gurion University, whose faculties include the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, both located on the Midreshet Ben-Gurion campus next to Sde Boker.
The Negev has a number of interesting cultural and geological features. Among the latter are three enormous, craterlike erosion cirques or machteshim, which are unique to the region: ha-Machtesh ha-Gadol and the Ramon Crater.
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