Kuseife

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Kuseife
Hebrew כסיפה
Arabic كسيفة
Founded in 1982
Government Local council
District South
Population 9 400 (CBS end of 2004)
Jurisdiction 14 000 dunams (14 km²)

Kuseife (Hebrew: כסיפה) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Kuseife was 9,400 in December 2004. Kuseife's jurisdiction is 14,000 dunams (14 km²).

Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements.

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Israeli Bedouin settlement project of 1979-1982
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