Shomron Regional Council

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Shomron Regional Council
מועצה אזורית שומרון

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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
 â€˘ Density 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Website http://www.shomron.org.il/

The Shomron Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית שומרון‎, 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.

Map of communities of Shomron regional council

The municipal boundaries:

The Council is divided into geographic regions, where each region has its own characteristics:[3]

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

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.

In northern Shomron:

References

  1. ↑ "Locality File" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Mesika Sweeps Shomron Election". Arutz 7. 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2007-11-28. 
  3. ↑ מועצה איזורית שומרון Shomron Regional Council

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Coordinates: 32°13′50.62″N 35°19′46.47″E / 32.2307278°N 35.3295750°E / 32.2307278; 35.3295750

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