Yoav Regional Council
Yoav Regional Council
מועצה אזורית יואב مجلس إقليمي يوآف | |
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Regional council (from 1953) | |
District | Southern |
Government | |
• Head of Municipality | Nati Lerner |
Area | |
• Total | 198,970 dunams (198.97 km2 or 76.82 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | |
• Total | 7,800 |
• Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Website | Official website |
Yoav Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית יואב, Mo'atza Azorit Yoav) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near the cities of Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon. It was founded in 1952, covering an area of 230,000 dunams (230 km2), with a population of about 5,300.
The council is named after
The council contains two parts which are not contiguous geographically. The main part is bordered on the north by
Communities in the council
Today the council has 8
The immediate past mayor of the Yoav Regional Council is Rani Traynin from Beit Nir. Traynin resigned his position as mayor to become the Vice Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel. He was succeeded by Matti Sarfati Harkavi, the first woman ever elected Mayor of the Yoav Regional Council. She is from moshav Sgula and is a noted plant geneticist. For several years she served as the Yoav Chairperson of the Partnership 2000 Committee, linking the Yoav Regional Council with the Jewish community of the Lehigh Valley based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The government offices are located at Re'em Junction.
Kibbutzim
Moshavim
Youth village
- Kedma
Community settlement
Arab village
External links
- Official website (in English and Hebrew)