Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot, lit. Valley of the Springs Regional Council) is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Beit She'an Valley. Until 2008 it was known as the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council (Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at Beit She'an).

Physical geography

The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samarian hills.

Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council

Population and administrative geography

About 12,000 people live in the sixteen kibbutzim, six moshavim, and 2 community villages located in its municipal territory. The city of Beit She'an lies in the centre of the territory, but is an independent municipality.

Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council

List of settlements

Kibbutzim

Ein HaNetziv

Gesher

Hamadia

Kfar Ruppin

Ma'ale Gilboa

Maoz Haim

Meirav

Mesilot

Neve Eitan

Neve Ur

Nir David

Reshafim

Sde Eliyahu

Sde Nahum

Shluhot

Tirat Zvi

Moshavim

Beit Yosef

Rehov

Revaya

Sde Trumot

Yardena

Other

Malkishua (drug rehabilitation centre) Menahemia (moshava) Tel Te'omim (community settlement)

Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council

See also

Tourism in Israel

References

External links

Official website (in Hebrew)

Regional councils in Northern District (Israel)