Shaqib al-Salam

Shaqib al-Salam

Infobox Israel municipality
name=Shaqib al-Salam


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hebname=Hebrew|שֶׂגֶב שָׁלוֹם
arname=شقيب السلام
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altOffSp=Segev Shalom
altUnoSp=Shaqeeb as-Salaam
district=south
population=6,500cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2009/table3.pdf|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|title=Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population|date=2007-12-31|accessdate=2008-04-04]
popyear=2006
area_dunam=5981

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Shaqib al-Salam or Segev Shalom ( _ar. شقيب السلام, _he. שֶׂגֶב שָׁלוֹם) is a Bedouin town and a local council in the South District of Israel, southeast of Beersheba.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Shaqib was 6,500 in December 2006. Its jurisdiction is 5,981 dunams (~6 km²).cite web|url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/local_authorities2005/pdf/665_1286.pdf|title=Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Segev-Shalom|publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=2008-03-07|language=Hebrew]

Shaqib was founded in 1979 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements, and declared a local council in 1996. Most residents belong to various clans of the al-Azzama tribe which also populates Bir Hadaj.

See also

*List of Arab localities in Israel
*Negev Bedouins

References


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