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Netivot is a city in the Southern District of Israel 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....
. 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....
 (CBS), at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 25,600. It was founded in 1956 as a development town
Development town

Development town is a term used to refer to the new settlements that were built in Israel 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....
 along with 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....
 to the north, and Ofakim to the south. Netivot attracts a number of mainly Sephardi Jewish
Sephardi Jews

Sephardi Jews are a subgroup of Jews originating in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, usually defined in contrast to Ashkenazi or Mizrahi Jews....
 pilgrims, who come to pray at the tomb of a Moroccan
Moroccan

Moroccan may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Morocco, ia country located in North Africa** A person from Morocco, or of Moroccan descent....
-born tzaddik and kabbalist Baba Sali
Baba Sali

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , known as Baba Sali ???? ???? , was a Morocco rabbi and Kabbalah....
 (died 1984) who is buried there.

rding to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.9% Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish and other non-Arab, with no significant Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 population.






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Netivot is a city in the Southern District of Israel 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....
. 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....
 (CBS), at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 25,600. It was founded in 1956 as a development town
Development town

Development town is a term used to refer to the new settlements that were built in Israel 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....
 along with 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....
 to the north, and Ofakim to the south. Netivot attracts a number of mainly Sephardi Jewish
Sephardi Jews

Sephardi Jews are a subgroup of Jews originating in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, usually defined in contrast to Ashkenazi or Mizrahi Jews....
 pilgrims, who come to pray at the tomb of a Moroccan
Moroccan

Moroccan may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Morocco, ia country located in North Africa** A person from Morocco, or of Moroccan descent....
-born tzaddik and kabbalist Baba Sali
Baba Sali

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira , known as Baba Sali ???? ???? , was a Morocco rabbi and Kabbalah....
 (died 1984) who is buried there.

Demographics

According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.9% Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish and other non-Arab, with no significant Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 population. There are 78 recent immigrants who are in their initial stages of absorption.

According to CBS, in 2001 there were 10,500 males and 10,600 females. The population of the city was spread out with 46.3% 19 years of age or younger, 16.2% between 20 and 29, 17.6% between 30 and 44, 10.4% from 45 to 59, 2.8% from 60 to 64, and 6.8% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 3.9%.

The city is ranked low in the socioeconomic index (3 out of 10)

Income

According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 5,339 salaried workers and 382 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 3,410, a real change of 1.1% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 4,482 (a real change of 6.5%) versus ILS 2,385 for females (a real change of -8.7%). The mean income for the self-employed is 5,764. There are 445 people who receive unemployment benefits and 2,843 people who receive an income guarantee.

Education

According to CBS, there are 22 schools and 4,243 students in the city. They are spread out as 16 elementary schools and 3,053 elementary school students, and 11 high schools and 1,190 high school students. 43.1% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.

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