Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at HaYarden'', ''lit.'' Jordan Valley Regional Council), also Aravot HaYarden (''lit.'' Jordan Plains), is a
regional council covering 21
Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...
s in the
Jordan Valley in the
West Bank
The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. The municipal territory of the council reaches from
Mehola in the north, near the
Beit She'an Valley, to
Jericho
Jericho ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Jericho Governorate. Jericho is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It had a population of 20,907 in 2017.
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in the south.
Most of the settlements are located on the two major north-south roads traversing the council's territory. The
Allon Road
Allon Road is the name given by Israel to Routes 458, 508, and 578 in the West Bank, running roughly south–north along the eastern watershed of the Judaean Mountains, Judaean and Samarian Hills, between Highway 1 (Israel), Highway 1 near Kfa ...
on the west and
Highway 90 on the east. The town of
Ma'ale Efraim, a
local council, is located within the regional council's borders, but constitutes an independent municipality. The regional council offices are located at the
Shlomtzion regional centre.
As of 2023, David Elhayani is the head of the council.
List of villages
This regional council provides various municipal services for the villages within its territory:
List of communities
Jordan Valley Regional Council
* Argaman (moshav)
* Beka'ot (moshav)
* Gilgal (kibbutz)
* Gitit (moshav)
* Hamra (moshav)
* Hemdat (Nahal)
* Maskiot (communal settlement)
* Masua (moshav)
* Mehola (moshav)
* Mekhora (moshav)
* Mevo'ot Yericho (communal settlement)
*Netiv HaGdud
Netiv HaGdud () is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank.[Netiv HaGdud](_blank)
Bik'at HaYarden R ...
(moshav)
* Na'aran (kibbutz)
* Na'omi (moshav)
* Petza'el (moshav)
* Ro'i (moshav)
* Rotem (communal settlement)
* Shadmot Mehola (moshav)
* Tomer (moshav)
* Yafit (moshav)
* Yitav (moshav)
References
External links
Council website
Flags of the World
Aug 2008 Americans for Peace Now report on Jordan Valley settlements
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Israeli regional councils in the West Bank