Shomron Regional Council
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District | Judea and Samaria Area | |
Region | West Bank | |
Area | 2,800,000 dunams (2,800 km2 or 1,100 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[1] | 23,600 | |
⢠Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) | |
Website | http://www.shomron.org.il/ |
The Shomron Regional Council (Hebrew: ×××˘×Ś× ×××ר×ת ׊××ר××â, Mo'atza Azorit Shomron, English Samaria Regional Council) is an Israeli regional council in the northern Samaria. It provides municipal services for the 30 Israeli settlements in the Samarian hills within its jurisdiction with a total population of about 23,600 people. The council seat is located in Elon Moreh, the offices are located in the Barkan Industrial Park.
The municipal area of the Council spreads across 2,800 square kilometers. Until the fall of 2005 when some of its municipal land was abandoned as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, the Shomron Regional Council had been the largest Israeli regional council in municipal area.
The head of Shomron Regional Council is Gershon Mesika, who was elected in November 2007, replacing Benzi Lieberman.[2]
Geography
The municipal area of the Council spreads across 2,800 square kilometers, which correspnds to about 10 per cent of the area of the State of Israel within the Green Line. In municipal area, Shomron Regional Council is among the largest Israeli authorities.
The municipal boundaries:
- North: the (former) settlements of Ganim and Kadim, reaching to Megiddo Junction.
- West: the settlement of Tzofim, reaching to Kfar Saba.
- South: the settlements of Peduel and Alei Zahav.
The Council is divided into geographic regions, where each region has its own characteristics:[3]
- The Northern Shomron region: Hinanit, Hermesh, Tal Menashe, Mevo Dotan, Reihan, Shaked. All the communities are secular, except for Tal Menashe. Population is around 2,000.
- Central-Western Shomron: Avnei Hefetz, Barkan, Ma'ale Shomron, Nofim, Sal'it, Einav, Etz Efraim, Peduel, Tzufim, Kiryat Netafim, Revava, Shavei Shomron, Sha'arei Tikva, Yakir: mixed population (secular and religious). Most of the communities are large and well established. If you add to them the Local Authorities in Samaria (Alfei Menashe, Elkana, Immanuel, Karnei Shomron, Kedumim, Oranit; and the city of Ariel), all of which are located in this region, the Jewish population numbers about 60,000.
- Mountain Communities: Elon Moreh, Itamar, Har Brakha, Yitzhar (one block, near Nablus, population about 3,000), and farther south, Kfar Tapuach, Rechelim, Nofei Nehemia and Migdalim, with less than 1000 residents.
Settlements
The largest settlement in the Shomron Regional Council today is Sha'arei Tikva, numbering more than 1,000 families, and the youngest is Nofei Nehemia, numbering 20 families.
List of settlements
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Razed settlements
During the implementation of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of August/September 2005, the residents of four of the Shomron Regional Council's settlements were evicted, their residential buildings destroyed, and land abandoned to the Palestinians, including territory outlined in the Oslo Accords as Area 'C' in full Israeli control.
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References
- â "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- â "Mesika Sweeps Shomron Election". Arutz 7. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- â ×××˘×Ś× ××××ר×ת ׊××ר×× Shomron Regional Council
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