Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council


Emek HaMa'ayanot Regional Council is a regional council in the Northern District of Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Beit She'an Valley. Until 2008 it was known as the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.

Physical geography

The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samarian hills.

Population and administrative geography

About 12,000 people live in the sixteen kibbutzim, six moshavim, and 2 community villages located in its municipal territory. The city of Beit She'an lies in the centre of the territory, but is an independent municipality.

List of settlements

Kibbutzim

  • Ein HaNetziv
  • Gesher
  • Hamadia
  • Kfar Ruppin
  • Ma'ale Gilboa
  • Maoz Haim
  • Meirav
  • Mesilot
  • Neve Eitan
  • Neve Ur
  • Nir David
  • Reshafim
  • Sde Eliyahu
  • Sde Nahum
  • Shluhot
  • Tirat Zvi

    Moshavim

  • Beit Yosef
  • Rehov
  • Revaya
  • Sde Trumot
  • Yardena

    Other

  • Malkishua
  • Meital
  • Menahemia
  • Tel Te'omim