Mateh Asher Regional Council
Regional council
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The Mateh Asher Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מטה אשר, Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Asher) is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher, which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua (19:24–31). It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman, and Sulam Tzor. The council's offices are located on the east side of Highway 4, between Regba and Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
Mateh Asher
מטה אשר | |
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Regional council (from 1982) | |
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 Interactive map of Mateh Asher | |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Moshe Davidovich |
| Area | |
• Total | 212,150 dunams (212.15 km2; 81.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 25,800 |
| • Density | 122/km2 (315/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website |
The regional council was established in 1982, now stretches over 216,059 dunams and includes some 17,300 residents.[1] As of 2018, the head of the regional council is Moshe Davidovich and the council's rabbi is Rabbi Shlomo Ben Eliyahu.
List of settlements
This regional council provides municipal services for the populations within its territory, who live in various types of communities, including kibbutzim and moshavim, Arab villages, and community and other settlements:
Kibbutzim
Moshavim
Community settlements and villages
Arab villages
Demographics
In 2022, 82% of the population was Jewish, 15.2% was Muslim, 0.1% was Christian, and 2.7% was counted as other.[2]
Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 66 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 24 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 10 percent voted for the Arab parties.[3]
Twin towns
Mateh Asher is twin towns with following cities and districts:[4]
- (in German): Oldenburg, since 1996