Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council
Emek HaMa'ayanot
עמק המעיינות | |
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 One of the springs in Emek HaMa'ayanot | |
 Interactive map of Emek HaMa'ayanot | |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Jezreel |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Itamar Matiash |
| Area | |
• Total | 245,300 dunams (245.3 km2; 94.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 15,304 |
| • Density | 62.39/km2 (161.6/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית עמק המעיינות, Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot, lit. Valley of the Springs Regional Council) is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Beit She'an Valley. Until 2008 it was known as the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council (Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at Beit She'an).[1]
Physical geography
[edit]The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samarian hills.
Population and administrative geography
[edit]About 12,000 people live in the sixteen kibbutzim, six moshavim, and 2 community villages located in its municipal territory. The city of Beit She'an lies in the centre of the territory, but is an independent municipality.
List of settlements
[edit]Kibbutzim
[edit]Moshavim
[edit]Other
[edit]Voting Patterns
[edit]In the 2022 election, 51 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 49 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 0.2 percent voted for the Arab parties.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ גלגולה החדש של בקעת בית-שאן: "עמק המעיינות" [The new incarnation of the Beit She'an Valley: "The Valley of the Springs"], Makor Rishon, June 13, 2008
- ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Hebrew) Archived 2006-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
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