Ma'ale Ephraim

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Ma'ale Efraim

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Hebrew מעלה אפרים
Founded in 1978
Government Local council (from 1981)
Officially also spelled Ma'ale Efrayim
District Judea and Samaria (West Bank)
Population 1 400
Jurisdiction 4 173 dunams (4.2 km²)

Ma'ale Efraim (officially also Ma'ale Efrayim, unofficially Ma'aleh Efrayim, Maale Ephraim, and variations; Hebrew: מעלה אפרים) is an Israeli settlement and local council located along the eastern slopes of the West Bank/Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley. Founded in 1978, the town's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981. Over 1,400 people now live in the yishuv.

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