Elon Natural Region
33°01′04″N 35°20′46″E / 33.01778°N 35.34611°E
Elon Natural Region | |
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Natural Region | |
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Interactive map of Elon Natural Region | |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Largest City | Hurfeish |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 23,282 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Jews and others | 45.4% |
| • Arabs | 52.5% |
The Elon Natural Region is a natural region in the Acre Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Hurfeish is the largest city in the natural region.
Geography
The natural region contains a diverse swath of small towns close to Israel's border with Lebanon, north of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Bayt Jann. It is the least populous natural region in the Acre subdistrict. Hurfeish is the largest town, but contains less than a third of the natural region's population. Other towns in the natural region are Fassuta, Aramsha, and its namesake kibbutz, Eilon.
Demographics
The natural region has a slight majority of Arabs, while 45 percent of its population is Jewish. Hurfeish is a Druze town, while Fassuta is a Christian town and Aramsha is a Bedouin town. The roughly twenty small kibbutzim in the natural region are populated by Jews.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1972 | 6,800 | — |
| 1983 | 9,500 | +39.7% |
| 1995 | 12,400 | +30.5% |
| 2008 | 17,100 | +37.9% |
| 2022 | 22,361 | +30.8% |
| 2024 | 23,282 | +4.1% |
Voting Patterns
In the 2022 election, 58 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 28 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 14 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the Arab parties. [4]
References
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Regional Statistics". www.cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Additional files - census 2008". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The true results of the elections for the 25th Knesset". Israel: Central Elections Committee. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2026.