Orthopedist Rahat

About Rahat

Rahat is the largest Bedouin locality in Israel and the only one with city status, granted in 1994. Founded by the state in 1972 to settle Negev tribes in a permanent town, it has a strikingly young population. It lies some 20 km north of Beersheba beside Highway 40, the road toward Kiryat Gat and the centre of the country; Route 31 starts here and heads east toward Arad. The city is divided into numbered neighbourhoods, each generally home to one tribe or extended family, so a neighbourhood number often says more than a street name. The Idan HaNegev industrial park, shared with neighbouring councils, sits on its edge. Since 2007 the Lehavim-Rahat station on the Beersheba line has served the city from a few kilometres to the south-east, with a bus or taxi for the final leg. For an appointment, ask for the neighbourhood number and a landmark, and come by car if you can.