Kuseife
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| Coordinates: 31°14′43″N 35°05′34″E / 31.24528°N 35.09278°ECoordinates: 31°14′43″N 35°05′34″E / 31.24528°N 35.09278°E | ||
| District | Southern | |
| Founded | 1982 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Local council | |
| • Head of Municipality | Salem Abu Ravieh | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13,692 dunams (13.692 km2 or 5.287 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 19,069 | |
Kuseife (Hebrew: כְּסֵיפָה, Kseifa; Arabic: كسيفة) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel. Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. In 1996 it was declared a local council, and in 2015 it had a population of 19,069.
It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Hura, Lakiya, Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat, the largest among them).
Members of several Bedouin family clans reside in Kuseife: Abu Ajaj, Elamor, el-Zabarka, el-Nasasra, the biggest of them Abu-Rabia. Other families are: Azbarga, El-Dada, Abu Juda and Abu Anam. A part of el-Nasasra and Elamor clans lives outside Kuseife in a close proximity to the Nevatim Airbase.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Kuseife was 17,400 in December 2010 (10,300 in December 2006). Its annual growth rate is 3.6%. Kuseife's jurisdiction is 13,692 dunams (~13.7 km²).
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 researches agree that Bedouins arrived to the Negev around 1800 AD, but there is evidence of earlier migrations as well.
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