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Development town (Ayarat Pitu'ah) is a term used to refer to the new settlements that were built in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 during the 1950s in order to expand the population of the country's peripheral areas and to ease development pressure on the country's crowded centre. The majority of such towns were built in the Galilee
Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
 in the north of Israel, and in the northern Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 desert in the south. In addition to the new towns, Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 was also given development town status in the 1960s.

first development town was Beit Shemesh, founded in 1950 around 20km from Jerusalem.






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Development town (Ayarat Pitu'ah) is a term used to refer to the new settlements that were built in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 during the 1950s in order to expand the population of the country's peripheral areas and to ease development pressure on the country's crowded centre. The majority of such towns were built in the Galilee
Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
 in the north of Israel, and in the northern Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 desert in the south. In addition to the new towns, Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 was also given development town status in the 1960s.

Background

The first development town was Beit Shemesh, founded in 1950 around 20km from Jerusalem. They were mostly populated by new immigrants
Jewish exodus from Arab lands

The Jewish exodus from Arab lands refers to the 20th century expulsion or mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews background, from Arab and Islamic countries....
 from Arab countries such as Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
, Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Yemen
Yemen

Yemen , officially the Republic of Yemen is an Arab country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen has an estimated population of more than 23 million people and is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east....
, and Tunisia
Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
, and many gained a new influx of residents during the mass immigration from former Soviet states
Aliyah from the Commonwealth of Independent States in the 1990s

The big immigration wave of Jews from the Commonwealth of Independent States to Israel during the 1990s actually started during the late 1980s with the opening of the USSR's borders under the liberal government of Mikhail Gorbachev....
 in the early 1990s. A high proportion of the population is religious or traditional, with a 2003 survey showing that 39% of residents would rather Israel be run more by halakhic law
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
.

Despite businesses and industries being eligible for favorable tax treatment and other subsidies, with the exception of Arad, most of the towns (particularly those in the south) have fared poorly in the economic sense, and often feature amongst the poorest Jewish Areas in Israel.

List of development towns

Center
  • Beit Shemesh
  • Or Yehuda
    Or Yehuda

    File:Location_oryehuda.pngOr Yehuda is a city in the Tel Aviv District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200....
  • Yavne
    Yavne

    Yavne is a city in the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 32,200....
Galilee
  • Beit She'an
  • Karmiel
    Karmiel

    File:Karmiel city hall.jpgKarmiel is a city in northern Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee....
  • Hatzor HaGlilit
  • Kiryat Shmona
    Kiryat Shmona

    Kiryat Shmona is a city located in the North District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley on the Lebanon border. The city was named for the eight people, including Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai....
  • Migdal HaEmek
  • Nazareth Illit
    Nazareth Illit

    Nazareth Illit is a city in the North District of Israel of Israel. At the end of 2007 it had a population of 43,100.The name in Hebrew language means Upper Nazareth, referring to the adjacent and much older city of Nazareth....
  • Shlomi
  • Yokneam
Negev
  • Arad
    Arad, Israel

    Arad is a city in the South District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and Judean Deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of the city Beersheba....
  • Dimona
    Dimona

    Dimona is an Israeli city in the Negev desert, to the south of Beersheba and west of the Dead Sea above the Arabah valley in the Southern District ....
  • Kiryat Gat
  • Kiryat Malakhi
  • Mitzpe Ramon
    Mitzpe Ramon

    Mitzpe Ramon is a List of Israeli cities in the Negev desert of South District Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 2,400 feet overlooking a sizable erosion cirque known as the Ramon Crater....
  • Netivot
    Netivot

    Netivot is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 25,600....
  • Ofakim
  • Sderot
    Sderot

    Sderot is a western Negev city in the South District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2006 the city had a total population of 19,300....
  • Yeroham


See also

  • 11 points in the Negev
    11 points in the Negev

    11 points in the Negev was a Jewish Agency for Israel settlement operation in 1946 carried out in order to create a Jewish presence in the Negev desert prior to any United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine of Palestine....