Tel as-Sabi

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Tel as-Sabi Tel Sheva
Hebrew	תֵּל שֶׁבַע
Arabic	تل السبع
Founded in	1968
Government	Local council
District	South
Population	13,000 (2005)
Jurisdiction	5,000 dunams

Tel as-Sabi or Tel Sheva (Arabic: تل السبع‎, Hebrew: תֵּל שֶׁבַע‎) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel, bordering Be'er Sheva.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Tel as-Sabi was 13,000 in December 2005. Tel as-Sabi's jurisdiction is 5,000 dunams (5 km²). As of 2000, the town has been ranked lowest (1 out of 10) in socio-economic standing, with an average income of 3,237 shekels to the national average's of 6,835, although it is known people in those kind of towns do not report their real wages all the time. Only 43% of grade twelve students are eligible to graduate from high school.

Tel as-Sabi was founded in 1968 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements and became a local council in 1984.

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