Kuseife
Encyclopedia
Kuseife is a Bedouin
town (local council
) in the Southern District of Israel
.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
(CBS), the population of Kuseife was 10,300 in December 2006. Kuseife's jurisdiction is 13,692 dunam
s (~13.7 km²).
Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements.
Bedouin
The Bedouin are a part of a predominantly desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes or clans, known in Arabic as ..-Etymology:...
town (local council
Local council (Israel)
Local councils are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, with the other two being cities and regional councils. As of 2003, there were 144 local councils in Israel, these being settlements which pass a minimum threshold enough to justify their operations as independent...
) in the Southern District of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure.It is headed by a...
(CBS), the population of Kuseife was 10,300 in December 2006. Kuseife's jurisdiction is 13,692 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s (~13.7 km²).
Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements.
See also
- List of Arab localities in Israel
- Negev BedouinsNegev BedouinsThe Negev Bedouin are traditionally pastoral semi-nomadic Arab tribes indigenous to the Negev region in Israel, who hold close ties to the Bedouin of the Sinai Peninsula. The move away from their traditional lifestyle in modern times has led to sedentarization.Estimated to number some 160,000,...