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. F ...

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
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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