Sha'arei Tikva

Infobox Settlement
official_name=Sha'arei Tikva


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native_name=שערי תקוה
established_date=May 19 1983
settlement_type=Communal settlement
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subdivision_type= Country |subdivision_name = Israel |subdivision_type1=District |established_title=Founded |unit_pref=Dunam |timezone=IST |utc_offset =+2 |timezone_DST=IDT |utc_offset_DST=+3
subdivision_name1=Judea and Samaria Area
population_total=4500
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area_total_km2=7
website = [http://www.kedumim.org.il Official website]

Sha'arei Tikva ( _he. שערי תקוה, lit. "Gates of Hope") is a communal Israeli settlement located at an elevation of 200 metres north-east of Rosh HaAyin and one kilometre east of the Green Line near Elkana in the western Samarian section of the West Bank. Founded in 1983 through a government decision, the first residents moved to the new village in April 1983. Its current population is now about 4,500 people in about 1,200 families. The village is run by a local committee under the umbrella municipal jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. The head of that committee is Gideon Idan.

Population

The residents of Sha'arei Tikva are a mix of religious and non-religious people. The village is a dormitory community with most employed people working elsewhere.

External links

* [http://www.shaarey-tikva.muni.il/ Town website]
* [http://www.shomron.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=185&CategoryID=289&Page=1 Sha'arei Tikva profile on the Shomron Regional Council website] he icon
* [http://sdf.shomron.org.il/yishuv/shareitikva.html Menachem Brody's pictures of Sha'arei Tikva]