Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council

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Regional council in West Bank

Bik'at HaYarden בקעת הירדן‎
Regional council (from 1979)


Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Government
• Head of Municipality	David Elhayani
Population
• Total	5,621
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 2023, David Elhayani is the head of the council.

List of villages

This regional council provides various municipal services for the villages within its territory:

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)
Na'aran (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 (in Hebrew)
Emblem and short explanation Flags of the World
Aug 2008 Americans for Peace Now report on Jordan Valley settlements

v t e Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council
Kibbutzim	Gilgal Na'aran
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 Yeriho Rotem

v t e Regional councils of Israel
Center District	Brenner Drom HaSharon Gan Raveh Gederot Gezer Hefer Valley Hevel Modi'in Hevel Yavne Hof HaSharon Lev HaSharon Nahal Sorek Sdot Dan
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 HaNegev Sha'ar HaNegev Sdot Negev (Azata) Shafir Tamar Yoav

v t e Judea and Samaria Area
Cities	Ariel Beitar Illit Ma'ale Adumim Modi'in Illit
Regional committee	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	Israeli occupation of the West Bank Enclave law Area C COGAT Israeli Civil Administration IDF Central Command Israeli settlement List Population statistics Seam Zone Jerusalem District

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