The Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית בקעת הירדן, lit. Jordan Valley Regional Council) is a regional council in the Jordan River Valley of the West Bank. Regional councils are one of the three types of Local government recognised by the found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local Great Rift ValleyThe Jordan Rift Valley (الغور Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr) is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel, Jordan, the The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria The municipal territory of the council reaches from Mehola in the north, near the Beit She'an valley, to Jericho in the south, and includes over twenty Israeli settlements. (בֵּית שְׁאָן بيسان Bayt Šān or بيسان, Beisan or Bisan) is a city in the North District of Israel Jericho ( Arabic, ʼArīḥā; Hebrew, Standard Yəriḥo Tiberian Yərîḫô For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured as a result of Jordanian attacks during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Most of the settlements are located on the two major north-south roads traversing the council's territory. The Allon Road on the west and Route 90 on the east. The Allon Road is the name commonly given by Israelis to routes #578 #508 and #458 in the West Bank, running roughly north-south between Mehola in the Route 90 is the longest road in Israel, at about 480 km and stretches from Metula and the northern border with Lebanon, along the western side of The town of Ma'ale Efrayim, a local council, is located within the regional council's borders, but constitutes an independent municipality. Ma'ale Efrayim (מעלה אפרים unofficially also Ma'ale Efraim, Ma'aleh Efrayim, or Maale Ephraim, and variations is an Israeli settlement Local councils (מועצה מקומית moetza mekomit) are one of the three types of Local government found in Israel, with the other two being The regional council offices are located at the Shlomtzion regional centre.
Dovi Tal is the head of the council (2006).
List of villages
This regional council provides various municipal services for the villages within its territory:[1]
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External links
- ^ http://www.jordanvalley.org.il/?categoryId=18013 List of communities