Zevulun Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית זבולון, ''Mo'atza Azorit Zvulun'') is a
regional council in the
Haifa District of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Founded in 1950, it had a population of 10,900 in 2006.
The council borders
Mateh Asher Regional Council
The Mateh Asher Regional Council ( he, 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 ...
to the north,
Jezreel Valley Regional Council
Jezreel Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Yizra'el'') is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley. It includes 15 kibbutzim, ...
and
Shefa-'Amr to the east,
Carmel Nature Reserve national park and
Kiryat Tiv'on to the south and
HaKerayot
The Krayot ( he, הקריות, "townships") (plural of ''Kirya'') are a cluster of four small cities and two neighbourhoods of Haifa founded in the 1930s on the outskirts of the city of Haifa, Israel, in the Haifa Bay area.
The Krayot include Ki ...
to the west.
Name
The name is derived from the Hebrew name "Emek Zevulun", lit. "
Zebulun Valley
The Zevulun Valley or Zvulun Valley ( he, עמק זבולון, Emek Zvulun) is a fertile coastal territory in the North of Israel, part of the Israeli coastal plain along the Haifa Bay.
The length of the valley is 14 km, with its maximum wid ...
", given by Zionist pioneers to the coastal area stretching along the Bay of Acre, from
Acre (Akko) to
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
, on the incorrect assumption that the
tribe of Zebulun once had its territory in this area – this land was part of the allotment of
Asher
Asher ( he, אָשֵׁר ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek ; Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית ''Bəreʾšīt'', "In hebeginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. I ...
, and is a coastal plain, not a valley.
File:עמק זבולון - אזור התעשיה בעמק זבולון.-JNF033511.jpeg, Zevulun industrial zone 1939
File:Zoltan Kluger. Emek Zevulun (Haifa Bay).jpg, Zevulun housing 1937
File:EmekZvulun1.jpg, Zevulun Valley
List of communities
Kibbutzim
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Kfar HaMaccabi
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Ramat Yohanan
Ramat Yohanan ( he, רָמַת יוֹחָנָן, ''lit.'' Yohanan Heights) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Ata and adjacent to the kibbutzim of Kfar HaMaccabi and Usha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Co ...
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Sha'ar HaAmakim
Sha'ar HaAmakim ( he, שַׁעַר הַעֲמָקִים, ''lit.'' Gate of the Valleys) is a kibbutz in northern Israel associated with the Hashomer Hatzair movement founded in 1935. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction o ...
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Usha
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Yagur
Moshavim
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Kfar Bialik
Kfar Bialik ( he, כְּפַר בְּיַאלִיק, , Bialik Village) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Bialik, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The village was f ...
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Kfar Hasidim Alef
Communal settlements
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Kfar Hasidim Bet
Kfar Hasidim Bet ( he, כְּפַר חֲסִידִים ב', ''lit.'' Hasidim Village B) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Nesher, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of .
T ...
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Nofit
Nofit ( he, נוֹפִית, ''lit.'' Scenic) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The beginnings of the vill ...
Arab villages
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Ibtin
Ibtin ( ar, إبطن; he, אִבְּטִין) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee around half a kilometre from Kfar Hasidim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council
Zevulun Regional Council ...
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Khawaled
Khawaled or al-Khawled ( ar, الخوالد; he, חַ'ואלִד) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located near Nofit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council
Zevulun Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית ז ...
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Ras Ali
Ras Ali ( ar, رأس علي, he, ראס עלי) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located to the south of Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
In the 1945 statistic ...
Other villages
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Kfar HaNoar HaDati
Kfar HaNoar HaDati ( he, כפר הנוער הדתי, lit. ''The Religious Youth Village'') is a youth village in northern Israel. Adjacent to Kfar Hassidim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In it had a population of . ...
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Oranim
Oranim ( he, אֳרָנִים or , ''lit.'' Pines) is a college of education in northern Israel. The college was founded in 1951 by the United Kibbutz Movement. It was named after the small forest of pine trees in the area. It offers BA degrees i ...
External links
Official website
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Regional councils in Israel
Regional councils in Haifa District