Harod Valley Natural Region

Harod Valley Natural Region
Natural Region
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Subdistrict	Jezreel
Largest City	Gan Ner
Area
• Total	106 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	12,631
Ethnicity
• Jews and others	83.0%
• Arabs	14.9%

The Harod Valley Natural Region is a natural region in the Jezreel Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Gan Ner is the largest town in the natural region.

Geography

Districts, Subdistricts and Natural Regions of the State of Israel, 2018

The natural region is located in the Harod Valley, a transitional zone between the Jezreel Valley and the Beit She'an Valley. It is adjacent to the West Bank. It has an area of 106 km². It does not contain any major cities - the largest town in the natural region is the village of Gan Ner, which contains just 21 percent of the natural region's population. It is contained entirely within the Gilboa Regional Council.

Demographics

Jews constitute a large majority of the population, at 83 percent. 15 percent of the population is Arab, concentrated in the town of Sandala.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1972	4,100	—
1983	5,100	+24.4%
1995	5,900	+15.7%
2008	9,700	+64.4%
2022	12,383	+27.7%
2024	12,631	+2.0%

Administrative local authorities

Cities	Local Councils	Villages
[None]	[None]	Gilboa: Beit Alfa Beit HaShita Ein Harod (Ihud) Ein Harod (Meuhad) Gan Ner Geva Gidona Heftziba Kfar Yehezkel Nurit Sandala Tel Yosef

Voting Patterns

In the 2022 election, 66 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 23 percent voted for the parties of the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 8 percent voted for the Arab parties.