Hof HaCarmel Regional Council
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Hof Hacarmel Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית חוף הכרמל) is a regional council located in the northern Israeli Coastal Plain. The council serves a large area, from Tirat HaCarmel in the north to Caesarea in the south and its offices are located in Ein HaCarmel, south of Haifa. The Chairman of the Regional Council is Carmel Sela.
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[edit] Location
The boundaries of the council are:
- To the north: Haifa, Tirat HaCarmel, and the Zevulun Regional Council
- To the south: Hadera, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Gan Shmuel, and the Menashe Regional Council
- To the east: Megiddo Regional Council and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council as well as the Wadi Ara settlements.
- To the west: the Mediterranean Sea
In the center of the council area are the towns of Binyamina, Zikhron Ya'aqov, Fureidis and Jisr az-Zarqa.
Hof HaCarmel regional council contains many different types of settlements, including kibbutzim, moshavim, minority settlements, and settlements located on the Mediterranean shore and on Mount Carmel, such as Bat Shlomo and Beit Oren. Most of the land in the Hof HaCarmel region is owned and leased by the Israel Land Administration.
[edit] Sister regions
New Hampshire, United States since December 2004
[edit] Settlements
[edit] Moshavim
- Beit Hananiya
- Bat Shlomo
- Geva Carmel - founded in 1947 by Turkish immigrants, the moshav is named after the ancient settlement Geva that was preserved as the abandoned village of Jeva.
- Dor
- Kerem Maharal - founded in 1949 on the Arab village Igzim by immigrants from Romania and Czechoslovakia.
- Megadim - established by a group of immigrants from North Africa. This moshav is home to 200 families.
- Ofer - established in 1950 by immigrants from India. When the original settlers left the moshav, Israeli settlers replaced them as part of the movement "from the city to the village"
- Ein Ayala - founded on land of the Arab village Ein Ghazal, or Ein Razela
- Tzrufa - founded in 1949 on the Arab village of A-Tzarfand. The founders were 80 families from Bischara, an oasis city in northern Algiers. The group had originally settled in Ein Hod.
[edit] Kibbutzim
- Beit Oren - currently undergoing privatization, shifting from a kibbutz to a community village, Beit Oren was founded by the Hebrew Socialist Adolescence movement, immigrants from Poland and Russia who, over time, were joined by other groups from Dror and Alyiat Hanoar, and a group from Kibbutz Maagan. It is home to about 200 families.
- Hahotrim - founded on lands of the Arab village of A-Tira by members of the "Immigrating Youths" movement, joined by members of Hanoar Haoved and Dror members from Czechoslovakia, Argentina and Uruguay, it is home to about 200 families.
- Maagan Michael - Israel's largest kibbutz with 1,400 residents, it was founded in 1949.
- Maayan Zvi (Neve Yam) - founded in 1938 on PIKA lands with the help of Keren Hayesod as part of the "Tower and Stockade" activities. The founders were members of "Gordonia Maapilim", and members of Hanoar Haoved. In 1993 control of the farms was transferred to Hadasim, an external company they will operate the Kibbutz and restore its financial management methods. The kibbutz's member meeting approved a 50% partnership with the company. The farm is being separated from the kibbutz.
- Nahsholim - founded on lands of the village of Tantura (considered to be the biblical Dar). The founders were Hanoar Haoved members and Turkish immigrants.
- Ein Carmel - founded in 1947 by Ein Hayam Kibbutz members from Atlit, and members from Ramat Rahel.
- Sdot Yam - founded in 1936, moving in 1940 to its present location.
[edit] Communal Moshavim
- Nir Etzion - Hapoel Hamizrahi communal moshav of about 200 families founded by Kfar Etzion refugees on parts of the Arab village of Ein Chod.
[edit] Community settlements
- Atlit - a town of 4,500 people located on the Mediterranean.
- Caesarea - a town of 4,200 located near ancient Caesarea Maratima. It is the only Israeli locality managed by a private organization, the Caesarea Development Corporation.
- Ein Hod - a village of 200 families, founded on was was previously Ein Hawd. The settlement started as a moshav in and was subsequently abandoned as a moshav, being settled by painters and other artists who turned it into an artists' village
[edit] Minority villages
- Ein Chod
[edit] Education
- Yemin-Orde
- Zvi Sitrin village
- Meir Shafia (youth village)
- Matal Hof Hacarmel - an educational therapeutic center established in 1990 by the Board of Education and Hof Hacarmel Regional Council to deal with comprehensive diagnostic and therapy of children with special needs.
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