The Bnei Shimon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית בני שמעון‎), is a regional council in the northern Negev in the south of Israel. Regional councils are one of the three types of Local government recognised by the found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local The Negev (נֶגֶב Tiberian vocalization: Néḡeḇ) is the Desert region of southern Israel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Most of its territory lies north of Beersheba and the rest bounds Beersheba on the west and east sides as well. Beersheba (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Be'er Sheva, بئر السبع, Birüssebi is the largest City in the Negev desert of southern The eastern border of this territory straddles the Green Line. The term Green Line is used to refer to the 1949 Armistice lines established between Israel and its neighbours ( Egypt, Jordan,

There are 13 communities including seven kibbutzim, four moshavim, and two new rural towns. A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in Moshav ( is a type of Cooperative Agricultural Community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second Four of the communities (three kibbutzim and one moshav) were established in the founding of the '11 points in the Negev' in 1946. The rest of the kibbutzim and moshavim were set up after the establishment of the State of Israel.

Settlements within the jurisdiction of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council

Kibbutzim Beit Kama (1949) Dvir Hatzerim (1946) Kramim Lahav Mishmar HaNegev (1946) Shoval (1946)

B. Beit Kama (בֵּית קָמָה lit House of Cereal) is a Kibbutz in the northern Negev Desert in Israel Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dvir (דביר also known as Dvira (דבירה is a Kibbutz in southern Israel. Hatzerim (חצרים lit Courtyards) is a Kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kramim (כרמים lit Vineyards) is a small Kibbutz in southern Israel. For the Israeli security organization see Lahav 433. Lahav (להב is a Kibbutz in southern Israel. Mishmar HaNegev (משמר הנגב Guard of the Negev) is a Kibbutz in the northern fringe of the Negev desert in Israel. Shoval (שובל is a Kibbutz in the northern Negev Desert in Israel. S. emblem Moshavim Brosh Nevatim (1946) Taashur Tidhar

Towns

• Gvaot Bar
• Shomria - former kibbutz that is being modified for settlement of former Gush Katif refugees. Brosh (בְּרוֹשׁ lit Cypress) is a Moshav in southern Israel. Nevatim (נבטים is a Moshav in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert around 8 kilometres south-east of Beersheba, it falls Ta'ashur (תְאַשּׁוּר lit Larch) is a Moshav in southern Israel. Tidhar (תִּדְהָר lit Plane tree) is a Moshav in southern Israel. Gva'ot Bar (גבעות בר lit Grain Hills) is a communal settlement in the northern Negev desert of southern Israel. Shomria (שומריה is a Kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Lehavim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council Gush Katif (גוש קטיף "Harvest Bloc" was a bloc of 17 Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza strip.

Institutions

The following institutions operate within the boundaries of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council:

• Adanim, a youth village
• Duda'im, a waste treatment centre, located on Route 25 near the HaNasi Junction
• Duda'im Environmental Protection Visitors Center
• Joe Alon Center, a Bedouin cultural museum
• Mevo'ot HaNegev, the regional high school, located in Shoval
• Nitzanei HaNegev Regional Elementary School, located in Beit Kama

External links

• Official website (Hebrew)

Coordinates: 31°27′N 34°46′E / 31.45, 34.767

A youth village (כפר נוער Kfar No'ar) is a Boarding school model first developed in pre-state Israel in the 1930s to care for groups of children Waste treatment refers to the activities required to ensure that Waste has the least practicable impact on the environment Highway 25 is a rural highway in southern Israel. It begins northwest of Nahal Oz at the border with the Gaza Strip, and it passes through Netivot The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (ar بدوي pl badū) are a desert-dwelling Arab Nomadic pastoralist, or previously A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Shoval (שובל is a Kibbutz in the northern Negev Desert in Israel. Beit Kama (בֵּית קָמָה lit House of Cereal) is a Kibbutz in the northern Negev Desert in Israel A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.

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