Shlomit () is a

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

in southern

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. Located in the

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desert, around 700 meters from the

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ian border, it falls under the jurisdiction of

Eshkol Regional Council Eshkol Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Ezorit Eshkol'') is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza St ...

. In , it had a population of .

History

Shlomit was established in cooperation with Amana, the

Ministry for the Development of the Negev and Galilee The Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee (, ''HaMisrad LeFitu'ah HaPeriferya, HaNegev VeHaGalil'') is a ministry in the Israeli government. Established in January 2005, the current minister is Yitzhak Wasserla ...

, and the Defense Ministry's settlement and national infrastructure unit. It initially consisted of mobile structures expected to be replaced by permanent housing. An industrial zone and educational institutions are also planned to be built there, alongside housing for 500 residents. Jewish National Fund Argentina is a major contributor to the development of Shlomit.

References

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