Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council

Emek HaMa'ayanot
עמק המעיינות
Regional council
One of the springs in Emek HaMa'ayanot
One of the springs in Emek HaMa'ayanot
Interactive map of Emek HaMa'ayanot
DistrictNorthern
SubdistrictJezreel
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityItamar Matiash
Area
 • Total
245,300 dunams (245.3 km2; 94.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
15,304
 • Density62.39/km2 (161.6/sq mi)
Websitewww.maianot.co.il
Council emblem until 2008

Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית עמק המעיינות, Mo'atza Azorit Emek HaMa'ayanot, lit. Valley of the Springs Regional Council) is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Beit She'an Valley. Until 2008 it was known as the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council (Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at Beit She'an).[1]

Physical geography

The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samarian hills.

Population and administrative geography

About 12,000 people live in the sixteen kibbutzim, six moshavim, and 2 community villages located in its municipal territory. The city of Beit She'an lies in the centre of the territory, but is an independent municipality.

List of settlements

Kibbutzim

Moshavim

Other

Voting Patterns

In the 2022 election, 51 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 49 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 0.2 percent voted for the Arab parties.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ גלגולה החדש של בקעת בית-שאן: "עמק המעיינות" [The new incarnation of the Beit She'an Valley: "The Valley of the Springs"], Makor Rishon, June 13, 2008
  2. ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.

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