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          • The Negev (Template:Lang-he-n, : han-Néḡeḇ ) or Naqab (Template:Lang-ar an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 214,162), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort city of Eilat. It contains several development towns, including Dimona, Arad and Mitzpe Ramon, as well as a number of small Bedouin cities, including Rahat and Tel as-Sabi. There are also several kibbutzim, including Revivim and Sde Boker; the latter became the home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, after his retirement from politics.

• • • • • • The desert is home to the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 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 adjacent to Sde Boker.

• • • • • • In October 2012, global travel guide publisher Lonely Planet rated the Negev second on a list of the world's top ten regional travel destinations for 2013, noting its curent transformation through development.<ref>"Best in Travel 2013 - Top 10 regions". Lonely Planet. Otober 23, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)</ref

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1. Gattegno Ilan (October 26, 2012). "Negev named among top ten travel destinations for 2013". Israel Hayom. Retrieved October 29, 2012.