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Ma'ale Efraim מַעֲלֵה אֶפְרַיִם‎ معلي افرايم
Local council (from 1981)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Maˁle ʔepraym
• Also spelled	Ma'ale Efraim, Maaleh Efraim (unofficial)
View on Ma'ale Efraim from the west
Ma'ale Efraim
Coordinates: 32°4′13.54″N 35°24′13.01″E / 32.0704278°N 35.4036139°E / 32.0704278; 35.4036139
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Founded	1978
Government
• Head of Municipality	Shlomo Lalosh
Area
• Total	4,173 dunams (4.173 km or 1.611 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,377
• Density	330/km (850/sq mi)

Ma'ale Efrayim (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה אֶפְרַיִם, lit. Ascent of Ephraim) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a secular settlement and a local council, located along the eastern slopes of the Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley. It was founded in 1978 and named after the Biblical tribe of Ephraim. The settlement's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981. In 2022, it had a population of 1,377.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

History

According to ARIJ, in 1970 Israel illegally confiscated 1,464 dunams of land from the Palestinian land in order to construct Ma'ale Efrayim.

References

"Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p.302, ISBN 965-220-186-3 (English)
^ מועצה מקומית מעלה אפרים (in Hebrew). 2014.
"The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
Al Jiftlik Village Profile p. 17, ARIJ

External links

Official website

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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