Ir Ovot is a small village in southern Israel. Located in the northeastern Arabah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Central Arava Regional Council. It operated as a kibbutz from 1967 until the 1980s. In 2019 it had a population of 54.
Ir Ovot
Fortress.
Fortress gate.
The Arabah/Araba or Aravah/Arava is a loosely defined geographic area in the Negev Desert, south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east.
Date palms plantation in the Israeli Arava
Southern tip of the Arava with King Hussein International Airport, Aqaba and the Gulf of Aqaba seen from Israel
Nahal Barak, in Israel's Southern District, is part of a system of streams draining the Arava desert.
Wadi Arabah and the Edom Mountains in Jordan, seen from Israel