Hura
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| Coordinates: 31°17′39″N 34°55′52″E / 31.29417°N 34.93111°ECoordinates: 31°17′39″N 34°55′52″E / 31.29417°N 34.93111°E | |
| District | Southern |
| Founded | 1989 |
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| • Type | Local council |
| • Head of Municipality | Dr. Muhammad Al-Nabari |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,646 dunams (6.646 km2 or 2.566 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 19,371 |
Hura, or Houra (Hebrew: חוּרָה, חוּרָא, Arabic: حورة) is a Bedouin village in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The village was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the Negev Bedouin population, and was declared a local council in 1996. In 2015 it had a population of 19,371.
Hura is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Lakiya, Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Kuseife (Kseife), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat, the largest among them).
Primarily members of three Bedouin family clans reside in Hura: Abu Alkian, Al-Atawneh and Al-Nabari. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Hura was 17,500 in December 2010, up from 16,600 at the end of 2009. Hura's jurisdiction is 6,646 dunams.
Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouins were a semi-nomadic society that had been through a process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule of the region. Most researchers agree that Bedouins arrived to the Negev around 1800 AD, but there is evidence of earlier migrations as well.
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