Hof Ashkelon Regional Council

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Hof Ashkelon חוף אשקלון‎ حوف عسقلان
Regional council (from 1950)

District	Southern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Itamar Revivo
Area
• Total	175,310 dunams (175.31 km or 67.69 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population
• Total	15,600
• Density	89/km (230/sq mi)
Website	Official website

Hof Ashkelon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית חוף אשקלון, Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon, lit. Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. As of the year 2019, its population is around 18,000.

The council is bordered to the north by Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, to the east by the Be'er Tuvia, Lakhish, Shafir and Yoav Regional Councils, to the south by Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council and the Gaza Strip, and to the west by Ashkelon and the Mediterranean Sea. Its average elevation is 54 meters above the sea level.

List of communities

The council covers 19 communities, including five kibbutzim, eleven moshavim, two community settlements and a youth village.

Kibbutzim

Moshavim

Community settlements

Youth villages

Kfar Silver
Nitzanim Youth Village (closed)

References

"Israel: Administrative Division (Districts and Local Government Areas) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
"Hof Ashkelon Regional Council topographic map, elevation, terrain". Topographic maps. Retrieved 2023-05-15.

External links

Official website (in Hebrew)

v t e Hof Ashkelon Regional Council
Kibbutzim	Gvar'am Karmia Nitzanim Yad Mordechai Zikim
Moshavim	Beit Shikma Berekhya Ge'a Heletz Hodiya Kokhav Michael Mash'en Mavki'im Nir Yisrael Netiv HaAsara Talmei Yaffe
Community settlements	Be'er Ganim Bat Hadar Nitzan Nitzan Bet
Youth village	Kfar Silver

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 Southern District of Israel
Cities	Arad Ashdod Ashkelon Beersheba Dimona Eilat Kiryat Gat Kiryat Malakhi Netivot Ofakim Rahat Sderot
Local councils	Ar'arat an-Naqab Hura Kuseife Lakiya Lehavim Meitar Mitzpe Ramon Omer Shaqib al-Salam Tel as-Sabi Yeruham
Regional councils	al-Kasom Be'er Tuvia Bnei Shimon Central Arava Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakhish Merhavim Neve Midbar Ramat HaNegev Sdot Negev (Azata) Sha'ar HaNegev Shafir Tamar Yoav
See also	Beersheba metropolitan area Negev Arabah
Other sub-divisions: Central District Haifa District Jerusalem District Judea and Samaria Area Northern District Tel Aviv District

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