Tel as-Sabi (Arabic: تل السبع‎‎) or Tel Sheva (Hebrew: תֵּל שֶׁבַע) is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel, bordering the city of Beersheba. In 2015 it had a population of 18,671. The first Bedouin township in Israel, Tel as-Sabi was founded in 1967 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements and became a local council in 1984. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure.