Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council

Bik'at HaYarden בקעת הירדן‎‎
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Government
• Type	Regional council (from 1979)
• Head of Municipality	David Alhaini
Population (2014)
• Total	4,200
Website	Official website

Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית בקעת הירדן‎‎, Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at HaYarden, lit. Jordan Valley Regional Council), also Aravot HaYarden (lit. Jordan Plains) is a regional council covering 21 Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank. The municipal territory of the council reaches from Mehola in the north, near the Beit She'an Valley, to Jericho in the south.

Most of the settlements are located on the two major north-south roads traversing the council's territory. The Allon Road on the west and Highway 90 on the east. The town of Ma'ale Efraim, a local council, is located within the regional council's borders, but constitutes an independent municipality. The regional council offices are located at the Shlomtzion regional centre.

As of 2006, Dovi Tal is the head of the council.

List of villages

This regional council provides various municipal services for the villages within its territory:^[1]

Argaman (moshav)
Beka'ot (moshav)
Gilgal (kibbutz)
Gitit (moshav)
Hamra (moshav)
Hemdat (Nahal)
Maskiot (communal settlement)
Masua (moshav)
Mehola (moshav)
Mekhora (moshav)
Mevo'ot Yericho (communal settlement)

Netiv HaGdud (moshav)
Niran (kibbutz)
Na'omi (moshav)
Petza'el (moshav)
Ro'i (moshav)
Rotem (communal settlement)
Shadmot Mehola (moshav)
Tomer (moshav)
Yafit (moshav)
Yitav (moshav)

References

↑ List of communities Jordan Valley Regional Council

External links

Council website (Hebrew)
Emblem and short explanation Flags of the World
Aug 2008 Americans for Peace Now report on Jordan Valley settlements

Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Gilgal Niran

Moshavim	Argaman Beka'ot Gitit Hamra Masua Mehola Mekhora Na'omi Netiv HaGdud Petza'el Ro'i Shadmot Mehola Tomer Yafit Yitav

Community settlements	Hemdat Maskiot Mevo'ot Yericho Rotem

Regional councils of Israel

Center District	Brenner Drom HaSharon Gan Raveh Gederot Gezer Hefer Valley Hevel Modi'in Hevel Yavne Hof HaSharon Lev HaSharon Lod Valley Nahal Sorek

Haifa District	Alona Hof HaCarmel Menashe Zevulun

Jerusalem District	Mateh Yehuda

Judea and Samaria Area	Gush Etzion Har Hevron Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden) Mateh Binyamin Megilot Dead Sea Shomron

North District	al-Batuf Bustan al-Marj Gilboa Golan Jezreel Valley Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) Lower Galilee Ma'ale Yosef Mateh Asher Megiddo Merom HaGalil Mevo'ot HaHermon Misgav Upper Galilee Valley of Springs

South District	al-Kasom Be'er Tuvia Bnei Shimon Central Arava Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakhish Merhavim Neve Midbar Ramat Negev Sha'ar HaNegev Sdot Negev (Azata) Shafir Tamar Yoav

Judea and Samaria Area

Cities	Ariel Beitar Illit Ma'ale Adumim Modi'in Illit

Regional committee	Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron Yesha Council

Regional councils	Gush Etzion Har Hevron Mateh Binyamin Megilot Dead Sea Shomron Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden)

Local councils	Alfei Menashe Beit Aryeh-Ofarim Beit El Efrat Elkana Giv'at Ze'ev Har Adar Immanuel Karnei Shomron Kedumim Kiryat Arba Ma'ale Efrayim Oranit

See also	Area C COGAT Israeli Civil Administration IDF Central Command Israeli settlement Jewish locality Population statistics Seam Zone Jerusalem District

Coordinates: 32°6′0.49″N 35°29′34.98″E / 32.1001361°N 35.4930500°E / 32.1001361; 35.4930500

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