Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

Hof HaCarmel Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Hof HaKarmel, lit. Carmel Coast Regional Council) 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. Its offices are located in Ein HaCarmel to the south of Haifa. The Chairman of the council is Carmel Sela. It's Zonal Engineer is the Architect Daniel Senerman.
==Location==
The boundaries of the council are:
*To the north: Haifa, Tirat HaCarmel, and Zevulun Regional Council
*To the south: Hadera, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Gan Shmuel, and Menashe Regional Council
*To the east: Megiddo and 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.
==Settlements==
Hof HaCarmel regional council contains many different types of settlements, including eight kibbutzim, ten moshavim and two communal settlements. Most of the land in the Hof HaCarmel region is owned and leased by the Israel Land Administration.
Kibbutzim
*Beit Oren
*Ein Carmel
*HaHotrim
*Ma'agan Michael
*Ma'ayan Tzvi
*Nahsholim
*Neve Yam
*Sdot Yam
Moshavim
*Bat Shlomo
*Beit Hanania
*Dor
*Ein Ayala
*Geva Carmel
*Kerem Maharal
*Megadim
*Nir Etzion
*Ofer
*Tzrufa
Communal settlements
*Atlit
*Caesarea
Other villages
*Ein Hod
*Ein Hawd (Arab village)
*Kfar Galim (educational campus)
*Kfar Tzvi Sitrin (educational campus)
*Meir Shfeya (youth village)
==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.
==Sister regions==
* New Hampshire, United States since December 2004
==External links==
*Official website 
Category:Regional councils in Israel
 
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