Gush Etzion Regional Council

Gush Etzion גוש הציון‎‎

Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Government
• Type	Regional council (from 1980)
• Head of Municipality	Davidi Perl
Population (2014)
• Total	21,200
Website	Official website

This article is about the modern regional council. For the historical Etzion Bloc of settlement, see Gush Etzion.

The Gush Etzion Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית גוש עציון‎‎, Mo'atza Azorit Gush Etzion) is a regional council in the northern Judean Hills, the northern part of the southern area of the West Bank, administering the settlements in the Gush Etzion region, as well as others nearby. The headquarters are located adjacent to Alon Shvut.

The current mayor of the Council is Davidi Perl, elected on 14 February 2012.

List of settlements

This regional council provides various municipal services for the following Israeli settlements within its territory:

Historic Gush Etzion:

Judean Mountains:

All of the settlements in the historic Gush Etzion area are on the Israeli side of the West Bank Barrier, except for Carmei Tzur. None of the settlements in the Judean Mountains area are, except for Kedar which is located far north of the others very close to Maale Adummim and is within the eastern Jerusalem section of the barrier.

External links

Official website (Hebrew)
English website

Gush Etzion Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Kfar Etzion Migdal Oz Rosh Tzurim

Community settlements	Alon Shvut Bat Ayin Elazar Gevaot Har Gilo Karmei Tzur Kedar Kfar Eldad Ma'ale Amos Metzad Neve Daniel Nokdim (El David) Tekoa

Outposts	Ibei HaNahal Ma'ale Rehav'am Pnei Kedem Sde Boaz Tzur Shalem

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: 31°39′28.02″N 35°7′14.81″E / 31.6577833°N 35.1207806°E / 31.6577833; 35.1207806

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