The Mateh Asher Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מטה אשר, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Asher'') 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 western Galilee of northern

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 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 Highway 4, between

Regba Regba ( he, רֶגְבָּה) is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Regba was established in 1946 next to the Palestini ...

and Lohamei HaGeta'ot. The regional council was established in 1982, now stretches over 216,059 dunams and includes some 17,300 residents. As of 2008, the head of the regional council is Yehuda Shavit, and the

chief rabbi Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a ...

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

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

im and moshavim, Arab villages, and

community 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, t ...

and other settlements:

Kibbutzim

* Adamit * Afek *

Beit HaEmek Beit HaEmek ( he, בֵּית הָעֵמֶק, ''lit.'' House of the Valley) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of it had a population of . History ...

* Eilon * Ein HaMifratz * Evron * Ga'aton * Gesher HaZiv *

Hanita Hanita ( he, חֲנִיתָה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In it had a population of . Hi ...

* Kabri * Kfar Masaryk * Lohamei HaGeta'ot * Matzuba * Rosh HaNikra * Sa'ar * Shomrat * Yehiam * Yas'ur

Moshavim

* Ahihud * Amka * Ben Ami * Bustan HaGalil * Betzet * Liman * Netiv HaShayara *

* Shavei Tzion

Community settlements and villages

Klil Klil ( he, כְּלִיל) is an ecological community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Western Galilee, southeast of Nahariya between Yanuh-Jat and Kafr Yasif, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In it ...

* Nes Ammim * Oshrat

Arab villages

* Arab al-Aramshe * Sheikh Danun

International relations

Mateh Asher is twin towns with following cities and districts:Description of international cooperation at the official website of the city of Oldenburg (in German)
/ref> * : Oldenburg, since 1996

References

External links

Official website
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