page_title: Hura
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Hura / Economy
caption_attribution_description: עברית: מוקד בזק הנמצא במסגד בחורה
context_page_description: Hura, or Houra is a Bedouin Palestinian town in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The town was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the consolidation of Negev Bedouin population, and was declared a local council in 1996. In 2019 it had a population of 22,337.
  Hura is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure.
context_section_description: There is an operating industrial park in Hura with some 60 industrial plots giving jobs to hundreds of village members. It is supposed to be extended in the coming years. 
  This industrial park offers employment and output opportunities to the community members who decide to move to Hura.
  In March 2012, Bezeq launched a women-only call center which supports its internet service division, in an effort to reduce the unemployment rate of Bedouin women. The initial proposal was made by Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor and JDC-Israel.
  In March 2012 The Bezeq telecommunications group in cooperation with the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry launched a new call center inside a Hura mosque as a part of an effort to combat female unemployment in the Negev Bedouin community. It provides assistance to Internet customers. The call center is managed and operated by 50 Bedouin women, mostly from Hura, but is supposed to employ more women in the future.
  There are also accelerators in Hura to foster new business ventures in the area.
caption: Hura's Bezeq Call Center
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