Be'er Tuvia Regional Council

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Be'er Tuvia Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית באר טוביה, Mo'atza Azorit Be'er Tovia), is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel.

It borders

Be'er Tuvia was incorporated as a regional council in 1950, with a land-area of approximately 140,000 dunams (140 km²). According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the regional council had a population of 18,600.

Economy

Initially all settlements in the area were built as agricultural. There are lot of plantations and crop fields can be seen. Farms producing beef and milk are also developed. The Buffalo Ranch in Bitzaron is very famous.

Yet, over the years the local government developed industry on the lands that belongs to the regional council.

Today there are four industry zones:

• Kannot industry zone - located on junction between Highway 40 and Highway 41. It became an important logistic center and site of several function halls.
• Be'er Tuvia industry zone - located near Kiryat Malakhi on junction between Highway 3 and Highway 40. It contains numerous factories and workshops.
• Ad Halom industry zone - located on
  Philistine
  city of Ashdod.
• Mivza - Re'em industrial zone - a small industry area south of
  Bnei Aish
  .

Hatzor Airbase of the Israeli Air Force is located in the council's territory.

List of settlements

There are 23 communities including nineteen

Be'er Tuvia industry zone in Kiryat Mal'achi..

External links

• Official website (in Hebrew)

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