Be'er Tuvia Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Be'er Tovia''), is a regional council in the Southern District of

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. It borders Yoav and Nahal Sorek regional councils in the east; Hof Ashkelon regional council, the

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, the city of

Ashdod Ashdod (, ; , , or ; Philistine language, Philistine: , romanized: *''ʾašdūd'') is the List of Israeli cities, sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District (Israel), Southern District, it lies on the Mediterranean ...

and Gan Yavne local council in the west; Gederot, Hevel Yavne regional councils and Gedera, Bnei Aish local councils in the north; Shafir regional council in the south. The town of Kiryat Malakhi is enclaved in the middle. Be'er Tuvia was incorporated as a regional council in 1950, with a land-area of approximately 140,000 dunams (140 km²). According to the

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, the regional council had a population of 18,600.

Economy

Initially all settlements in the area were built as agricultural. There are lot of plantations and crop fields can be seen. Farms producing beef and milk are also developed. The Buffalo Ranch in Bitzaron is very famous. Yet, over the years the local government developed industry on the lands that belongs to the regional council. Today there are four industry zones: * Kannot industry zone - located on junction between Highway 40 and Highway 41. It became an important logistic center and site of several function halls. * Be'er Tuvia industry zone - located near Kiryat Malakhi on junction between Highway 3 and Highway 40. It contains numerous factories and workshops. * Ad Halom industry zone - located on Highway 4 south of

. Some of its factories cause air pollution in

. The municipality of Ashdod wants to take control over the zone, since it stands near - location of an ancient

Philistine Philistines (; Septuagint, LXX: ; ) were ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia. There is compelling evidence to suggest that the Philist ...

city of Ashdod. * Mivza - Re'em industrial zone - a small industry area south of Bnei Aish. Hatzor Airbase of the Israeli Air Force is located in the council's territory.

List of settlements

There are 23 communities including nineteen moshavim, one

kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

, one community settlement, a youth village and a service centre. * Ahva * Arugot * Avigdor * Azrikam * Be'er Tuvia * Beit Ezra * Bitzaron * Ezer * Emunim * Giv'ati * Hatzav * Hatzor * Kannot *

Kfar Ahim Kfar Ahim () is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The moshav was founded in 1949 by Jewish immigrants from Pol ...

* Kfar Warburg * Neve Mivtah (1950) * Nir Banim * Orot * Sde Uziyahu * Shtulim * Talmei Yehiel * Timorim * Yinon

External links

Official website
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