Emek HaYarden Regional Council
Regional council in Israel
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Emek HaYarden Regional Council (Hebrew: ×××¢×¦× ×××ר×ת ×¢×ק ××ר××, Mo'atza Azorit 'Emeq HaYarden, lit. Jordan Valley Regional Council) is a regional council comprising much of the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, the southern parts of its eastern shore, and the northern part of the Jordan Valley all the way to Beit She'an in the south.
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Regional council (from 1949) | |
Regional council administrative building | |
 Interactive map of Emek HaYarden | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| ⢠Head of Municipality | Idan Greenbaum |
| Area | |
⢠Total | 183,870 dunams (183.87 km2; 70.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
⢠Total | 12,400 |
| ⢠Density | 67.4/km2 (175/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website |
History
Emek HaYarden Regional Council was the first regional council in Israel, established in 1949.
Most of the communities are of the kibbutz type and are located on Highway 90, a northâsouth road which traverses the council's territory parallel to the Jordan River and along the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. The offices of the council are located between Degania Alef and the Tzemah Industrial Zone.
List of villages
This regional council provides various municipal services for the villages within its territory:
- HaOn, a former kibbutz
- Poria Illit
- Poria â Kfar Avoda
- Poria â Neve Oved
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Kibbutz-type settlements |
Moshav-type settlement |
Moshava-type settlement
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See also
Important sites in the area, in alphabetical order (ignoring articles).
- Capernaum, archaeological and Christian pilgrimage site
- Hamat Gader, ancient and modern hot springs spa
- Khirbet Minya, Umayyad qasr
- Kinneret (archaeological site) at Tel Kinrot/Tell el-Oreimeh
- Kinneret Cemetery (see Moshavat Kinneret#Cemetery)
- Kinneret Farm or Kinneret Courtyard, Zionist experimental training farm (est. 1908)
- Khirbet Kerak at Tel Bet Yerah, archaeological site
- Naharayim power plant
- Al-Sinnabra at Tel Bet Yerah, archaeological site
- Sussita/Hippos (Golan Heights), ancient city & archaeological site
- Tabgha, archaeological and Christian pilgrimage site
- Tzafon Medical Center (Poriya Hospital)
- Ubeidiya prehistoric site
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
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