Qasr es-Syr ( Hebrew קסר א-סיר , Arabic. قصر السر ) is a Bedouin village in the Southern District of Israel , 3 km west of Dimona . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Neve Midbar Regional Council .
| Bedouin village | |
| Qasr es Sir | |
|---|---|
| Heb. קסר א-סיר Arab. قصر السر | |
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| A country |  Israel |
| County | South |
| History and Geography | |
| Founded | |
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| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 1,724 people ( 2018 ) |
| Nationalities | Arabs |
History
After many years of unrecognized status, the village of Qasr es-Sir received official recognition by the state after a government decree of 881 dated September 29, 2003, in which eight previously illegal Bedouin settlements in the north of the Negev were recognized [1] . Cleaning of roads, water, sewage and electricity in the city’s houses has since been authorized by the government. Since the village was officially recognized by the state, many houses were built from recycled scrap and do not comply with current Israeli building codes, so the village needs huge investments.
When the Abu Basma Regional Council was dismantled on 5 November 2012 by order of the Israeli Ministry of the Interior , and two new regional councils were created in its place, Qasr es-Cyr became part of one of them, the Neve Midbar Regional Council .
Population
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel , the population at the beginning of 2018 was 1,724 people [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Government resolutions passed in recent years regarding the Arab population of Israel Archival copy of August 14, 2016 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Official data on Israeli settlements on 12/31/2017 (Hebrew) . Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel . Date of treatment December 27, 2018.