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Yotvata () is a kibbutz along the Arabah road in the southern Negev in Israel. It has approximately 280 members and 700 total residents. The ancient copper mines of Timna valley are located nearby. Yotvata started in 1951 as a Nahal settlement named "Ein Ghadian". In 1957 it was established as the first kibbutz in the southern Arabah region by HaKibbutz HaMeuhad. The name is biblical.

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  • Yotvata () is a kibbutz along the Arabah road in the southern Negev in Israel. It has approximately 280 members and 700 total residents. The ancient copper mines of Timna valley are located nearby. Yotvata started in 1951 as a Nahal settlement named "Ein Ghadian". In 1957 it was established as the first kibbutz in the southern Arabah region by HaKibbutz HaMeuhad. The name is biblical.
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  • Yotvata () is a kibbutz along the Arabah road in the southern Negev in Israel. It has approximately 280 members and 700 total residents. The ancient copper mines of Timna valley are located nearby. Yotvata started in 1951 as a Nahal settlement named "Ein Ghadian". In 1957 it was established as the first kibbutz in the southern Arabah region by HaKibbutz HaMeuhad. The name is biblical. They decided to start a dairy that would provide milk to Eilat, which was expected to grow rapidly. Breeding milking cows in the desert was considered an impossible mission. In 1962 the dairy was founded, with four cows. The members tried to get funds from the Jewish Agency, but failed. Eventually, they received funding from the Israeli Trade and Industry Minister, Pinhas Sapir. In the first year, the dairy produced 500,000 liters of milk. By 2008, it was producing 62 million liters a year and controls 63% of the Israeli dairy market (making NIS400 million a year), and 49% of the fortified milk market (making NIS250 million a year). It employs 130 workers and has 700 cows. The dairies of Kibbutz Yahel, Lotan, and Ketura provide milk for Yotvata. Yotvata's Khai-Bar Nature Reserve is dedicated to reintroducing extinct species mentioned in the Bible, as well as other endangered desert animals, to the wild. It has three parts: a park for herbivorous animals; the Predators Center that displays reptiles, small desert animals and large predators; and the Desert Night Life Exhibition Hall to observe nocturnal animals during their active hours. Southwest of the kibbutz lies a Roman fortress built during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian as part of a line of border fortresses (limes) in the Negev, in order to protect the trade route from marauding Arab nomads.
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