Yeruham
Local Council in Palestine 🇵🇸
Yeruham (Hebrew: ירוחם) is a town in the Southern District of Israel, in the Negev desert. It covers 38,584 dunams (38.584 km2; 14.897 sq mi), and had a population of 11,989 in 2024. It is named after the Biblical Jeroham.
Until early 2011 the mayor of Yeruham was Amram Mitzna, and he was succeeded by Michael Biton of Kadima, who was elected mayor in November 2010. In 2018, dark horse candidate Tal Ohana was elected the first female mayor of Yeruham.
For many years, Yeruham was economically depressed and suffered from image problems, but major efforts to improve the quality of life took place during the early 2000s.
History
Antiquity
Yeruham is the site of Tel Rahma, dating back to the 10th century BCE. On the outskirts of Yeruham is an ancient well, Be'er Rahma.
During the Nabatean, Roman and Byzantine periods there was a village in the western outskirts of the town and its ruins can be seen today. The site, known Qasr Rekhmeh or Mesad Yeruham, was excavated in 1966 by R. Cohen. This ancient site is located about one kilometer southwest of the entrance to Yeruham in the northern Negev Mountains.
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