Lakiya

Infobox Municipality
official_name=Lakiya


imagesize=
native_name=לקיה
اللقية
meaning=
established_date=1982
settlement_type=Local council
established_date2=
other_name=Laqye
subdivision_type= Country |subdivision_name = Israel |subdivision_type1=District |established_title=Founded |unit_pref=Dunam |timezone=IST |utc_offset =+2 |timezone_DST=IDT |utc_offset_DST=+3
subdivision_name1=South
population_total=8000
population_as_of=2005
area_total_dunam=5600
area_total_km2=5.6

Lakiya, or Laqye ( _he. לקיה) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel.

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Lakiya was 7,600 in December 2004. Lakiya's jurisdiction is 5,600 dunams (5.6 km²).

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

External links

* [http://www.lakiya.org Lakiya Negev Weaving] - website of one of Lakiya's main businesses

See also

*List of Arab localities in Israel
*Negev Bedouins