Sde Boker, Negev, Israel

E31455

kibbutz

Sde Boker in Israel’s Negev desert is a kibbutz best known as the retirement home and burial place of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.

Aliases (4)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	kibbutz →
associatedWith	Zionism → development of the Negev →
continent	Asia →
country	Israel →
distanceTo	about 160 km south of Tel Aviv → about 50 km south of Beersheba →
foundedBy	Jewish pioneers →
hasCemetery	Ben-Gurion family gravesite →
hasClimate	arid climate →
hasCoordinateLatitude	approximately 30.87 N →
hasCoordinateLongitude	approximately 34.79 E →
hasFeature	overlooks the Zin Valley →
hasHebrewName	שדה בוקר →
hasLandscape	desert plateau →
hasLanguageMajority	Hebrew →
hasMemorial	Ben-Gurion grave site →
hasNearbyAirfield	Sde Boker airstrip →
hasNearbyGeographicalFeature	Negev Highlands →
hasNearbyInstitution	Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism → Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boker campus → Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research →
hasNearbySettlement	Midreshet Ben-Gurion →
hasNotableResident	David Ben-Gurion →
hasOfficialReligionMajority	Judaism →
hasPlaceOfBurial	David Ben-Gurion →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	small population →
hasPostalCountryCode	IL →
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity	agriculture → education and research → tourism →
hasRegion	Negev →
hasTouristAttraction	Ben-Gurion’s Hut → Ben-Gurion’s Tomb National Park →
hasTransportationAccess	Road 40, Israel →
hasTypeOfSettlement	rural community →
knownFor	burial place of David Ben-Gurion → retirement home of David Ben-Gurion →
locatedIn	Negev →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Southern District, Israel →
locatedInDesert	Negev Desert →
locatedNear	Avdat National Park → Zin Valley →
namedInLanguage	Hebrew →
partOf	Ramat Negev Regional Council →
translationOfName	Morning Field →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Ben-Gurion → David Ben-Gurion ("Sde Boker") → Paula Ben-Gurion ("Ben-Gurion’s home in Sde Boker") →	residence
David Ben-Gurion ("Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Negev, Israel") → David Ben-Gurion ("Midreshet Ben-Gurion") →	burialPlace