Yotvata
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![Yotvata's road stop](/Images/godic/202502/21/Yotvata0010115.jpg")
![Ein Radian Nahal Settlement](/Images/godic/202502/21/Nahal_Settlment0116.jpg")
- "Yotvat" is also the Hebrew name for Tiran Island.
Yotvata (Hebrew: יָטְבָתָה) is a kibbutz along the Aravah road in the southern Negev in Israel. It has approximately 310 members and a total of 700 residents. The Aravah valley is an arid desert where the average annual rainfall is less than 30 mm and temperatures often exceed 40 °C (104 °F) in summer, and 21 °C (70 °F) in winter.