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Nimrod

A small inhabited Jewish civilian settlement on Mount Keta in the northern Golan, whose published locality elevation is 1,110 metres above sea level; exact entrance elevation is awaiting confirmation.

Mount Keta, northern GolanFounded 1982

View of the Nimrod community settlement in the northern Golan

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About

Nimrod was established as a Nahal outpost in 1982 and became a civilian community in January 1999. It belongs to the Golan Regional Council and is home to a small number of families whose local economy is based largely on tourism and hospitality. A small inhabited Jewish civilian community on Mount Keta in the northern Golan, at approximately 1,100 metres above sea level. In Jewish World Records, Nimrod is connected to the record “Highest Jewish Settlement in Israel,” based on the stored achievement of approximately 1,100 metres above sea level. Nimrod is a tiny civilian community on Mount Keta in the northern Golan. The Golan Regional Council places it at about 1,100 metres above sea level and identifies it as Israel's highest Jewish settlement.

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Records held by Nimrod

High-resolution view of Nimrod community settlement on Mount Keta in the northern Golan
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Places & Geography · SettlementsHighest

Highest Jewish Settlement in the World

Record holder

Nimrod

Record value

1,110 metres above sea level (published locality elevation; entrance-point measurement pending)

Nimrod is a tiny civilian Jewish community on Mount Keta in the northern Golan. The Golan Regional Council publishes its elevation at approximately 1,100 metres above sea level. For the world record, JWR applied a narrower test than simply asking which city with Jews sits highest: the candidate must be a distinct, currently inhabited civilian settlement whose present settlement identity is Jewish. The global counter-search included Red Settlement in Azerbaijan, identified by Azerbaijan Travel as a living Mountain-Jewish settlement and the world's last surviving shtetl; geographic data place it at about 569 metres. Purpose-built Jewish municipalities in the United States are also substantially lower. Historical high-altitude Jewish villages were excluded when they no longer had a current Jewish population. Under this frozen definition and the completed global counter-search, Nimrod is the highest verified currently inhabited Jewish settlement in the world.

Country
Israel
Achievement location
Nimrod, Israel
Achievement date
January 1999
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