Gerar Natural Region

31°25′08″N 34°35′13″E / 31.41889°N 34.58694°E / 31.41889; 34.58694

Gerar Natural Region
Natural Region
View of Netivot, the largest city in the Gerar Natural Region
Country	Israel
District	Southern
Subdistrict	Beersheba
Largest City	Netivot
Area
• Total	310 km2 (120 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	80,268
Ethnicity
• Jews and others	95.0%
• Arabs	0.2%

The Gerar Natural Region is a natural region in the Beersheba Subdistrict, in the Southern District of Israel. Netivot is the largest city in the natural region.

Geography

The natural region consists of a mostly-rural swath of land located between Ashkelon and Beersheba. It is named after the Gerar Stream, itself named after an ancient city in present-day south-central Israel. It has an area of 310 km². The largest city in the natural region is Netivot, which contains 70 percent of the natural region's population. There are no other towns in the natural region with more than 2,000 people. The natural region contains portions of the Bnei Shimon, Merhavim, and Sdot Negev regional councils.

Demographics

The vast majority of the residents of the Gerar Natural Region are Jewish. There are no Arab towns in the natural region.

Administrative local authorities

Voting Patterns

In the 2022 election, 84 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 14 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 0.1 percent voted for the Arab parties.

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