Tlalim
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Tlalim is a kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...

 in the Negev
Negev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...

 desert in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Ramat Negev Regional Council and has a population of 110.

History

Tlalim was founded in 1980 by a gar'in group of Hebrew Scouts, and was named for the large amount of dew which falls in the area each year. It was one of the first kibbutzim to be privatised.

External links

  • Tlalim Negev Information Center
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