The Central Arava Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית הערבה התיכונה) is a

Regional Council Regional Council may refer to: * Regional Council (Hong Kong), disbanded in 1999 ** Regional Council (constituency) Regional council may refer to: * Regional council (Cameroon) * Regional council (France), the elected assembly of a region of Fran ...

in the South 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 ...

. It encompasses eight settlements near the eastern border of Israel, south of the

Dead Sea The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Ban ...

. All settlements are located near Route 90, which is the longest north–south road in Israel.

Settlements in the council

The Central Arava Regional Council comprises five

moshavim A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 ...

and three

community settlements A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, to ...

Moshavim

* Ein Yahav (עין יהב) *

Hatzeva Hatzeva ( he, חֲצֵבָה) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Arava, 12 km north of Ein Yahav, it falls under the jurisdiction of Central Arava Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Antiquity Hatzeva was ...

(חצבה) * Idan (עידן) * Paran (פארן) * Tzofar (צופר)

Community settlements

* Ir Ovot (עיר אובות) * Sapir (ספיר) * Tzukim (צוקים)

External links

Central Arava regional councîl (www.arava.co.il)
{{Authority control Regional councils in Israel 1977 establishments in Israel