Regional council (Israel)

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Regional councils (, Mo'atza Azorit) are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local councils. As of 2003, there were 53 regional councils in Israel, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas. Regional councils include representation of anywhere between 3 and 54 communities, usually spread over a relatively large area within geographical vicinicty of each other.
Each community within a regional council usually does not exceed 2000 in population and is managed by a local committee. This committee sends representatives to the administering regional council proportionate to their size of membership and according to an index which is fixed before each election. Those settlements without an administrative council do not send any representatives to the regional council, instead being dealt by it directly. Representatives from those settlements which are represented directly are either chosen directly or through an election. The predomenant form of community represented on regional councils are kibbutzim and moshavim.
==List of regional councils==
Council 	Link	District
Abu Basma Regional Council 	 	South
Alona Regional Council 	 	Haifa
al-Batuf Regional Council 	 	North
Be'er Tuvia Regional Council 	 	South
Bnei Shimon Regional Council 	 	South
Brenner Regional Council 	 	Center
Bustan al-Marj Regional Council 	 	North
Central Arava Regional Council 	 	South
Drom HaSharon Regional Council 	 	Center
Eshkol Regional Council 	 	South
Lower Galilee Regional Council 	 	North
Upper Galilee Regional Council 	 	North
Gan Raveh Regional Council 	 	Center
Gederot Regional Council 	 	Center
Gezer Regional Council 	 	Center
Gilboa Regional Council 	 	North
Golan Regional Council 	 	North
Gush Etzion Regional Council 	 	Judea and Samaria
Har Hebron Regional Council 	 	Judea and Samaria
Hefer Valley Regional Council (Emek Hefer) 	 	Center
Hevel Eilot Regional Council 	 	South
Hevel Modi'in Regional Council 	 	Center
Hevel Yavne Regional Council 	 	Center
Hof Ashkelon Regional Council 	 	South
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council 	 	Haifa
Hof HaSharon Regional Council 	 	Center
Jezreel Valley Regional Council (Emek Yizreel)	 	North
Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) 	 	North
Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden) 	 	Judea and Samaria
Lakhish Regional Council 	 	South
Lev HaSharon Regional Council 	 	Center
Lod Valley Regional Council (Emek Lod) 	 	Center
Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council 	 	North
Mateh Asher Regional Council 	 	North
Mateh Binyamin Regional Council 	 	Judea and Samaria
Mateh Yehuda Regional Council 	 	Jerusalem
Megiddo Regional Council 	 	North
Megilot Regional Council 	 	Judea and Samaria
Menashe Regional Council 	 	Haifa
Merhavim Regional Council 	 	South
Merom HaGalil Regional Council 	 	North
Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council 	 	North
Misgav Regional Council 	 	North
Nahal Sorek Regional Council 	 	Center
Ramat Negev Regional Council 	 	North
Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council 	 	North
Sdot Negev Regional Council (Azata) 	 	South
Shafir Regional Council 	 	South
Shomron Regional Council 	 	Judea and Samaria
Tamar Regional Council 	 	South
Valley of Springs Regional Council 	 	North
Yoav Regional Council 	 	South
Zevulun Regional Council 	 	Haifa
===Former regional councils===
Council 	District
Central Sharon Regional Council 	
Ef'al Regional Council 	Tel Aviv
Ga'aton Regional Council 	Judea and Samaria
Hadar HaSharon Regional Council 	Center
Hof Aza Regional Council 	South
Kiryat Ono Regional Council 	
Mif'alot Afek Regional Council 	
Na'aman Regional Council 	Judea and Samaria
Northern Sharon Regional Council	Center
Sulam Tzur Regional Council 	Judea and Samaria
Tel Mond Regional Council 	
Yarkon Regional Council 	
==References==
==See also==
*City council (Israel)
*Local council (Israel)
*List of Israeli cities
 
Category:Local government in Israel
Category:Subdivisions of Israel
Regional councils
cs:Oblastní rada (Izrael)
es:Consejo regional (Israel)
it:Consiglio regionale (Israele)
fr:Conseil régional (Israël)
he:מועצה אזורית בישראל
nl:Regionale raad (Israël)
pl:Samorząd regionu (Izrael)
pt:Conselho regional (Israel)
ru:Региональный совет