Makhul (; ) is a

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village in the

Negev The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...

desert in southern

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. Located near

Tel Arad Tel Arad () or Tell 'Arad () is an archaeological site consisting of a lower section and a Tell (archaeology), tell or mound, located west of the Dead Sea, about west of the Israeli city of Arad, Israel, Arad in an area surrounded by mountain r ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

al-Kasom Regional Council al-Kasom Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit El Kassum'', , ''al-Majlis al-Iqlīmī al-Qayṣūm'') is one of two Negev Bedouin regional council (Israel), regional councils formed as a result of the split of the Abu Basma Regional Council on Novem ...

. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established following

Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

Resolution 881 on 29 September 2003, which created eight new Bedouin settlements (seven of which were to be located in the now defunct

Abu Basma Regional Council Abu Basma Regional Council (, ''Moatza Ezorit Abu Basma'', , ''Majlis Iqlimi Abu Basma'') was a regional council operating in 2003-2012 and covering several Bedouin villages in the northwestern Negev desert of Israel. Following the Minister of ...

). After being named Mar'it () during the planning states, the village's name was chosen by Bedouins,Letter from the Ministry of Justice
/ref> and is taken from the Cahol stream and Cahol ruins nearby.

History

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