Gederot Regional Council
Regional council in Central Israel
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Gederot Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית גדרות, Mo'atza Azorit Gderot) is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. It is located between Ashdod, Yavne and Gedera and covers an area of 13,000 dunams. Founded in 1953, it was named after a biblical town in the allotment of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:41)[1] Its population is 4,200.
Gederot
גדרות | |
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Regional council (from 1953) | |
 Interactive map of Gederot | |
| District | Central |
| Subdistrict | Rehovot |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Eran Glazer |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,710 dunams (13.71 km2; 5.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 5,000 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
It borders on Brenner Regional Council to the north, Hevel Yavne Regional Council to the west, Be'er Tuvia Regional Council and Gan Yavne to the south, and the city of Gedera to the east.
List of settlements
The council includes six moshavim and one community settlement:
- Aseret (community settlement)
- Gan HaDarom (moshav)
- Kfar Aviv (moshav)
- Kfar Mordechai (moshav)
- Meishar (moshav)
- Misgav Dov (moshav)
- Shdema (moshav)
Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 80 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 19 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 1 percent voted for the Arab parties.[2]