Shlomit is a village in the Negev

Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...

 desert of Southern Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, located some 700 meters from the Egypt

Egypt

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ian border. The settlement currently consists of mobile structures expected to be replaced by permanent housing. An industrial zone and educational institutions are also planned to be built there. It is currently home to eight families, and is expected to grow to 500.

The settlement is part of the Eshkol Regional Council

Eshkol Regional Council

The Eshcol Regional Council 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 Strip while the eastern border abuts the territory of the Bnei Shimon Regional...

. It was established by the council working in cooperation with the Amana Settlement Group Movement, the Ministry for Development of the Negev and the Galilee, and the Defense Ministry's settlement and national infrastructure unit.