Lakiya
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Lakiya () or Laqye () is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
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- Lakiya
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- Local council
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- Laqye
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- Israel north negev#Israel
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- 250
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- Country
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- District
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- Southern
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- Founded
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- 1982
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- Head of Municipality
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- Khaled el-Sana
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Lakiya () or Laqye () is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
==History== Lakiya was founded in 1985 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. It is one of the seven original government-planned Bedouin townships in the Negev desert.
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