Kuseife
Sign in to saveKuseife () or Kseifa () is a Bedouin town organized as a local council in the Southern District of Israel. Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to plan and build towns for Negev Bedouins. In 1996 it was declared a local council, and in it had a population of .
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kuseife
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kseifa Aerial View.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel north negev#Israel
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southern
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1982
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Salem Abu Ravieh
- Settlement.unit_pref
Key dates
- Inception
- 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- كسيفة
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Southern District
- Population
- +23990
- Area
- +13.692
- Elevation
- +464
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Kseifa Aerial View.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Population
- Economy and services
- References
- External links
Kuseife () or Kseifa () is a Bedouin town organized as a local council in the Southern District of Israel. Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to plan and build towns for Negev Bedouins. In 1996 it was declared a local council, and in it had a population of .
==History== thumb|Al Noor mosque === British Mandate === The Survey of Western Palestine noted Khurbet Kuseifeh as “a small ruin with foundations and heaps of stones.”