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Map of the Bedouin tribes in 1908. There are a number of Bedouin tribes, but the total population is often difficult to determine, especially as many Bedouin have ceased to lead nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyles. Below is a partial list of Bedouin tribes and their historic place of origin.
The Bedouin comprise the youngest population in Israeli society - about 54 percent of the Bedouin population was younger than 14 in 2002. [70] With an annual growth rate of 5.5% that same year, [ 70 ] which is one of the highest in the world, the Bedouin in Israel were doubling their population every 15 years. [ 71 ]
According to the Israel Land Administration, Negev Bedouin claim area 12 times bigger than that of Tel Aviv. [10]According to Arnon Sofer, the Bedouin make up about 2% of the Israeli population, but the unrecognized Bedouin communities spread on a vast territory and occupy more than 10 percent of Israel – north and east to Be'er Sheva.
As of 2010, the Negev was home to some 630,000 people, or 8.2% of Israel's population, even though it comprises over 55% of the country's area. 470,000 Negev residents (75% of the population) are Jews, while 160,000 or 25% are Bedouin. [48] Of the Bedouin population (a demographic with a semi-nomadic tradition), half live in unrecognized ...
Approximately half the 170,000 Negev Bedouin live in 39 unrecognised villages without connection to the national electricity, water and telephone grids. The bedouin consist of 25% of the population of the Northern Negev and have jurisdiction over less than 2% of the land. Seven of the bedouin townships are amongst the 8 poorest localities in ...
The first Bedouin township in Israel, Tel as-Sabi was founded in 1967 [3] as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements and became a local council in 1984. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure. [ 4 ]
Rahat (Arabic: رهط, Hebrew: רַהַט) is an Arab Bedouin city in the Southern District of Israel. In 2022, it had a population of 79,064. [2] As such, it is the largest Bedouin city in Israel, and the only one to have city status. Rahat is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with
Galilee Bedouins numbered 5,000 in 1880 and were estimated at 8,740 for 1880-1883 by the C.R. Conder and H.H. Kitchener Survey 1881-1883. [4] A wide range likely due to the nomadic and seminomadic nature of these tribes.