Abu Talul
Abu Talul
אבו תלול أبو تلول | |
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  Abu Talul | |
| Coordinates: 31°8′31″N 34°54′52″E / 31.14194°N 34.91444°E | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Council | Neve Midbar |
| Founded | 2006 |
Area | 11,500 dunams (11.5 km2 or 4.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 2,492 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Abu Talul (Arabic: أبو تلول; Hebrew: אבו תלול)[2] is a Bedouin township in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert around ten kilometres east of Beersheba and to the south of highway 25, it falls under the jurisdiction of Neve Midbar Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 2,492.[1]
Demography
[edit]The township is populated by three large families; Abu Talul, Abu Sulab (Abu Silb) and el-Shihabi.[3] There are also several thousand Bedouin living in the area outside of the organized township.
History
[edit]Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouin were a semi-nomadic society going through a process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule.
Abu Tulul was one of several townships built for the Bedouins in order to offer them proper infrastructure and public services in sanitation, health and education, and municipal services.[4] The largest townships are: Hura, Lakiya, Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva), Kuseife and the city of Rahat. [5] [6]
Started as an unrecognized Bedouin village, Abu Talul became an officially approved settlement with the implementation of the government Abu Basma plan. This was a plan to find an appropriate solution for scattered Bedouin communities living without official permits all over the Northern Negev. On February 19, 2006, Abu Talul was recognized officially by the state and became part of the Abu Basma Regional Council.[3]
When the Abu Basma Regional Council was dismantled by the Israeli Ministry of Interior order on November 5, 2012, and two new regional councils were created instead, Abu Talul became a part of the Neve Midbar Regional Council.[7]
Infrastructure
[edit]In 2012, there were two school buildings, kindergartens, a medical clinic, a perinatal (baby) care center "Tipat Halav", 3 mosques, cemetery and a sports ground. Seven more public facilities were under construction.[3]
In July 2013, the township had three operating elementary schools and one middle school attended by 2400 pupils. There was also a high school attended by 120 students, half of them girls and half of them boys . Classes were held in a series of 12 caravans.[8] Due to the traditional nature of Arab Bedouin society there was a high drop-out rate that was significantly higher among the girls. The nearest university is in Be'er Sheva, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Also spelled Abu Tulul or Abu Tlul, or sometimes called El-Shihabi by the name of the local Bedouin tribe)
- ^ a b c Abu Talul Archived 2013-07-08 at archive.today, Abu Basma Regional Council official site (in Hebrew)
- ^ "The Beduin of the Negev. Background" (PDF). Israel Land Administration official site. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-14.
- ^ State of Israel. Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. List of Issues to be taken up in Connection with the Consideration of Israel's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of Israel (CEDAW/C/ISR/4 and CEDAW/C/ISR/5) Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bedouin information Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Israel Land Administration
- ^ Press Release, 14 November 2012 Archived 2013-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Abu Basma Regional Council website (in Hebrew)
- ^ After a Seven-Year Struggle, First High School Opens in Abu Tulul Arab Bedouin Village in the Naqab, August 31, 2012
External links
[edit]- Abu Talul Abu Basma Regional Council official site (in Hebrew)
- Lands of the Negev, a short film by Israel Land Administration describing the challenges in providing land management and infrastructure to the Negev Bedouin
- Bedouin information Israel Land Administration
- Seth Frantzman, Presentation to Regavim about Negev
