Bat Hefer is an Israeli

Israel

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 communal settlement

Communal settlement (Israel)

A community settlement is a type of town in Israel. While in an ordinary town anyone may buy property, in a community settlement the town's residents, who are organized in a cooperative, can veto a sale of a house or a business to an undesirable buyer....

 in the Sharon plain, east of Netanya

Netanya

Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...

 and adjacent to two kibbutz

Kibbutz

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im; Bahan

Bahan

Bahan is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located near Bat Hefer, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 260....

 and Yad Hana

Yad Hana

Yad Hana is a former kibbutz in the Sharon near Route 57, North-central Israel. Covering 2,600 dunams, it is located within the Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 208...

. The Palestinian city of Tulkarm

Tulkarm

Tulkarem or Tulkarm is a Palestinian city in the northern Samarian mountain range in the Tulkarm Governorate in the extreme northwestern West Bank adjacent to the Netanya and Haifa districts to the west, the Nablus and Jenin Districts to the east...

 lies to the southeast. It is named after "Hefer", an administrative district in this area with a district chief in the time of King Solomon (1 Kings 4:10). Covering 1,000 dunam

Dunam

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s, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Hefer Valley Regional Council

Hefer Valley Regional Council

The Hefer Valley Regional Council is a regional council in the Hefer Valley region of central Israel.The council covers an area adjacent to Hadera in the north, to Netanya in the south, to the Mediterranean in the west and to Tulkarm and the Green Line in the east...

. The village is sandwiched between the Highway 6

Highway 6 (Israel)

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 highway which straddles the village to the west and the Green Line

Green Line (Israel)

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 on its east side. In 2008, it had a population of 5,500, with a population growth of 2.0% per year.

Bat Hefer was originally founded as Sokho

Sokho

Sokho is the name of two towns in biblical Judah....

 and named after that ancient town. Construction of the modern village began in 1995, with the first residents moving in in 1996. It was built as part of the Seven stars project.