Revava

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Revava (Hebrew: רבבה‎), is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Yakir and Nofim, on Road #5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. This Orthodox Jewish community, numbering about 150 families, is under the authority of the Shomron Regional Council.

The history of the settlement began in the spring of 1991 when 14 trailers were installed on land purchased by a fund, with the assistance of Amana, and with permission from the Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Minister of Defense Moshe Arens. While seven families and two single men had been the pioneer residents, only a few months later during the summer, another 10 families joined that group.