| Elim | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in province of Drenthe in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hoogeveen |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 12 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.12 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2,335 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 7916 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0528 |
| Coordinates: | 52.6799°N 6.5776°W |
Elim is a village in Drenthe (province of The Netherlands) and is part of the Hoogeveen municipality.
Before 1786, there were only swamps in this part of the Netherlands. After the drainage of the swamps, people started to harvest peat, which was transported to the west of the Netherlands.[3] The people who harvested the peat built houses on the land and started a small community, on the present place of Elim, called "Het Dwarsgat".[4] In 1915, the village became known as Elim. The name Elim is from the Bible, Exodus 15:27 : "there were twelve wells of water, and seventy date palms," and the Israelites "camped there near the water".[4]