Mateh Asher Regional Council
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The Mateh Asher Regional Council is a regional council
in the western Galilee
of northern Israel
. It is named after the Tribe of Asher
which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua
(19:24-31). It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman and Sulam Tzur. The council's offices are located on Highway 4
, between Regba
and Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
The regional council was established in 1982, now stretches over 216,059 dunam
s and includes about 17,300 residents. As of 2008, the head of the regional council is Yehuda Shavit, and the chief rabbi
is Rabbi Shlomo Ben Eliyahu.
im and moshav
im, Arab villages
, and communal
and other settlements:
Regional council (Israel)
Regional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local councils. As of 2003, there were 53 regional councils in Israel, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas...
in the western Galilee
Galilee
Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the...
of northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It is named after the Tribe of Asher
Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher! was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes...
which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament. Its 24 chapters tell of the entry of the Israelites into Canaan, their conquest and division of the land under the leadership of Joshua, and of serving God in the land....
(19:24-31). It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman and Sulam Tzur. The council's offices are located on Highway 4
Highway 4 (Israel)
Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip...
, between Regba
Regba
Regba is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. The name is symbolic, as in "Regev" . In 2005 it had a population of about 600. The village was established in 1946 by a group of veterans of the British Army from...
and Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
The regional council was established in 1982, now stretches over 216,059 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s and includes about 17,300 residents. As of 2008, the head of the regional council is Yehuda Shavit, and the chief rabbi
Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities...
is Rabbi Shlomo Ben Eliyahu.
List of settlements
This regional council provides municipal services for the populations within its territory, who live in various types of communities including kibbutzKibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
im and moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
im, Arab villages
Arab citizens of Israel
Arab citizens of Israel refers to citizens of Israel who are not Jewish, and whose cultural and linguistic heritage or ethnic identity is Arab....
, and communal
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....
and other settlements:
Kibbutzim
- AdamitAdamitAdamit is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee in Israel near the border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 96.-History:...
- Afek
- Beit HaEmekBeit HaEmekBeit HaEmek is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 439.The kibbutz was established in 1949...
- EilonEilonEilon is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located a mile south of Lebanese border and six miles east of the Mediterranean coast, the kibbutz sits on a ridge between two streams, Nahal Betzet and Nahal Kziv and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- Ein HaMifratzEin HaMifratzEin HaMifratz is a kibbutz near Acre in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- EvronEvron, IsraelEvron is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee near Nahariya. it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- Ga'atonGa'atonGa'aton is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 409....
- Gesher HaZivGesher HazivGesher HaZiv is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Situated in the Western Galilee on the coastal highway between Nahariya and the Lebanese border, opposite the Akhziv National Park, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- HanitaHanitaHanita is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 500....
- Kabri
- Kfar MasarykKfar MasarykKfar Masaryk is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee near the Belus River and south of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 598....
- Lohamey HaGeta'ot
- Matzuba
- Rosh HaNikra
- Sa'arSa'arSa'ar is a kibbutz in the western Galilee in Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 403.-History:...
- ShomratShomratShomrat is a kibbutz in the Western Galilee region of Israel. Located on the coastal highway just north of Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council...
- YehiamYehiamYehiam founded on November 26, 1946, is a Kibbutz located in the western Upper Galilee region of Israel - about 10 miles due east of the coastal town of Nahariya and five miles south of the border with Lebanon...
- Yas'ur
Moshavim
- AhihudAhihudAhihud - brother of union. A son of Bela, the sonof Benjamin . Name different in Hebrew, meaning father of Judah. Chief Slaveof the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by Moses to...
- AmkaAmkaAmka or Amqa is a moshav in the Matte Asher Regional Council of Israel's North District, near Acre. The name Amka is thought to preserve that of Beth Ha-Emek, a city mentioned in . The location of the Jewish village roughly corresponds the former Palestinian Arab village, depopulated during the...
- Ben AmiBen AmiBen Ami is an agricultural settlement in the Matte Asher Regional Council in the North District of Israel, next to Nahariya. The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on the lands of the Palestinian village of Umm al-Faraj....
- Bustan HaGalilBustan HaGalilBustan HaGalil is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel, near Akko. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council. It was founded in 1948 by Holocaust survivors from Romania...
- BetzetBetzetBetzet is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council. It is part of the Moshavim Movement, and is located next to the cities Shlomi and Nahariya....
- LimanLiman, IsraelLiman is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel, located about north of Nahariya. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council and the Moshavim Movement....
- Netiv HaShayaraNetiv HaShayaraNetiv HaShayara is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2005 it had a population of about 400....
- RegbaRegbaRegba is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. The name is symbolic, as in "Regev" . In 2005 it had a population of about 600. The village was established in 1946 by a group of veterans of the British Army from...
- Shavei TzionShavei TzionShavei Tzion is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Acre and Nahariya and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 654....