Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa
הגלבוע | |
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Regional council (from 1949) | |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Ovad Nur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 252,100 dunams (252.1 km2 or 97.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 28,300 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website |
Gilboa Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית הגלבוע, Mo'atza Azorit (ha)Gilbo'a) is a regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007. The size of the area is about 250,000 acres.
It is bordered on the north and west by the
mountains.History
The Gilboa mountains that border the Jezreel Valley from the south and the Beit She'an Valley from the west form a part of the "water dividing line" of the land of Israel. In 1921, 75 men from
List of communities
The following settlements belong to the Gilboa Regional Council:
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Kibbutzim |
Moshavim
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Community settlements
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Arab villages |
Former villages
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Economy
Agriculture
There are many branches of agriculture performed in the settlements of the council. The most widespread ones are cotton, wheat, greenhouses and other industrial plantings, flower plantings, field crops, fish pools, stables for cows, and chicken coops.
Industry
The kibbutzim in the council have built many factories: canned food in Beit HaShita; metalworking in Beit Alfa, Moledet, Ein Harod and Beit Yosef; carpentry in Beit HaShita and Ein Harod; electronics in Yizre'el; nut cracking in Geva; plastics in Heftzibah and Ram On; printing and ornamentation in Moledet and Tel Yosef.
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
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