Shaqib al-Salam
Shaqib al-Salam
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| • Also spelled | Segev Shalom (official) Shaqeeb as-Salaam (unofficial) |
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 Shaqib al-Salam
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| Coordinates: 31°12′17″N 34°50′20″E / 31.20472°N 34.83889°ECoordinates: 31°12′17″N 34°50′20″E / 31.20472°N 34.83889°E | ||
| District | Southern | |
| Founded | 1979 | |
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| • Type | Local council (from 1996) | |
| • Head of Municipality | Omar Abu Muamar | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,981 dunams (5.981 km2 or 2.309 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 9,119 | |
Shaqib al-Salam or Segev Shalom (Arabic: شقيب السلام, Hebrew: שֶׂגֶב שָׁלוֹם; also Shqeb al-Salam) is a Bedouin town and a local council in the Southern District of Israel, southeast of Beersheba. In 2015 it had a population of 9,119.
Shaqib was founded in 1979 as part of a government project to settle Negev Bedouins in permanent settlements, and declared a local council in 1996. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure alongside Hura, Tel as-Sabi (Tel Sheva), Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Lakiya, Kuseife (Kseife) and the city of Rahat, the largest among them.
Township's name "Segev Shalom" comes from a Sagiv river that flows nearby and also relates to the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel (Shalom stands for peace in Hebrew) signed the same year the township was founded.
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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