Merom HaGalil Regional Council
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The Merom HaGalil Regional Council is a regional council
in the northern Galilee
of northern Israel
. The regional council was established in 1950. The head of the council is Shlomo Levi.
im, a kibbutz
, and other types of settlements:
Communal settlements
Kibbutzim
Moshavim
Minority villages
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 northern 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...
. The regional council was established in 1950. The head of the council is Shlomo Levi.
List of settlements
This regional council provides various municipal services for various villages within its territory including moshavMoshav
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, a kibbutz
Kibbutz
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...
, and other types of settlements:
Communal settlements
- AmukaAmuka, IsraelAmuka is a communal settlement near Safed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It is named for the Biblical city of the same name, which presumably was located near the present-day settlement....
- Bar Yochai
- BiryaBiryaBirya , also Biriya, is an agricultural village adjacent to Safed, Israel, under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council in the Upper Galilee....
- InbarInbarInbar is a kibbutz near Karmiel in the Galilee in northern Israel. Inbar is the country's smallest kibbutz, with only about 10 members.-History:...
- KalanitKalanit, IsraelKalanit is a communal settlement in Merom HaGalil Regional Council in Galilee, Israel. It is situated between Tiberias and Karmiel, next to Road 807 and Maghar....
- Kfar HananyaKfar HananyaKfar Hananya is a communal settlement in the Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.The community was founded in 1977 as a moshav of the movement Hapoel HaMizrachi for members of nearby moshavim. In 1992 it became a communal settlement...
- LivnimLivnimLivnim is a communal settlement in northern Israel, northwest of Lake Kinneret in the western Ginosar Valley. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council....
- Or HaGanuzOr HaGanuzOr HaGanuz is a Jewish village in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed. The Orthodox settlement was founded in 1989 within the Merom HaGalil Regional Council by a group of newly-baal teshuva Jews. It was initiated with the help of Amana, the settlement arm...
Kibbutzim
- ParodParodParod is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee near Safed in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional CouncilThe community was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Hungary, on land belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of Farradiyya.The name "Parod" is based on the...
Moshavim
- AlmaAlma, IsraelAlma is a religious Jewish moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council....
- AmirimAmirimAmirim is a moshav in the Galilee established by vegetarians. Today 150 families live on the moshav.Amirim is located 650 m. above sea level on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. It is 15 km. from Safed.-History:...
- AvivimAvivimAvivim , is an Israeli moshav in the far north of Israel, in the Upper Galilee. It is located less than one kilometre from the Lebanese border, and on the land of the depopulated Shiite village of Salha ....
- DovevDovevDovev is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee around 7 km north of Har Meron near Israel's border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 443....
- DaltonDalton, IsraelDalton is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants from Tripoli in Libya in 1950 under the leadership of Hapoel Hamizrachi. On the grounds of the moshav is a tomb ascribed to Rabbi Yosi Haglili and his son Yishmael...
- HazonHazon, IsraelHazon is a moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It is located nine kilometers east of Carmiel, and as of 2005, its population was about 500....
- Kerem Ben ZimraKerem Ben ZimraKerem Ben Zimra is a moshav near Safed in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.The Arab village Al-Ras al-Ahmar on the site was depopulated in 1948. The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Turkey, to whom immigrants were added...
- Kfar HoshenKfar HoshenKfar Hoshen , formerly known as Safsufa , is a moshav about 4 km north of Meron in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council...
- Kfar ShamaiKfar ShamaiKfar Shamai is a moshav in the Upper Galilee near the city of Safed in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.The moshav was founded in 1949 by immigrants to Israel from Yemen...
- Meron
- Safsufa
- SheferSheferShefer is a moshav located near Safed in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council, and it is founded on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of Farradiyya....
- ShezorShezorShezor is a moshav in the Galilee in northern Israel. It is located near the similarly named Arab village, Sajur. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council....
- TefahotTefahotTefahot is a moshav in the Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.It is a community of religious Jews located several hundred meters south of Maghar. It is named for the hill on which it is located, the hill of Tefahot....
Minority villages
- Ein el-AsadEin el-AsadEin al-Asad is a Druze village in northern Israel. Located near Maghar in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 806....
(Druze) - RehaniyaRehaniyaRehaniya is a predominantly Circassian village about 8 km north of Safed in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.-Background and history:...
(Circassian)