Mitzpe Shalem

Mitzpe Shalem
Mitzpe Shalem
Coordinates: 31°34′6″N 35°24′3″E / 31.56833°N 35.40083°E / 31.56833; 35.40083
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Council	Megilot
Region	West Bank
Affiliation	formerly Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1970
Founded by	Nahal
Population  (2022)[1]	243

Mitzpe Shalem (Hebrew: מִצְפֵּה שָׁלֵם, lit. 'Shalem Lookout') is an Israeli settlement and former kibbutz in the eastern West Bank. Located near Highway 90 about 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Ein Gedi and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the Green Line about 1 km from the western shores of the Dead Sea, it is the southernmost community under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 243.

The kibbutz was established in 1971 as a Nahal holding [3] and naturalized as a kibbutz of the Union of Groups and Kibbutzim on January 6, 1977 [4], today it belongs to the kibbutz movement.

Mitzpe Shalem was named after Dr. Natan Shalem, a researcher from the Judean Desert. The name was chosen on the recommendation of Rehabam Ze'evi, Shalem's student.

The jurisdictional area of ​​Mitzpe Shalem is 35,408 dunams [5], similar to the area of ​​Petah Tikva.

The kibbutz houses the pre-military preparatory school "Salt of the Land".