Rahat

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rahat is a Bedouin city in the South District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 42,200.As such, it is the largest Bedouin settlement in Israel, and the only one to have the status of city.Rahat was established in 1972, by the government of Israel, as a new settlement for Bedouins who lived in the surrounding area without permanent domicile. Until 1980, Rahat was part of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council and from then on (until 1994) it was a local council (administered by a private board until 1989). In 1994 it was recognized as a city--the first Bedouin city in Israel.

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