- Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa Regional Council ( _he. מועצה אזורית הגלבוע) is a regional council in northern
Israel , located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007. The area is about 250,000dunam s.It is bordered on the north and west by the
Jezreel Valley and theJezreel Valley Regional Council ; on the south by theSamaria n mountains, and on the east by theBeit She'an Valley and theBeit She'an Valley Regional Council .History
The Gilboa mountains that border the Jezreel Valley from the south and the Beit She'an Valley from the west form a part of the "water dividing line" of the land of Israel. In 1921, 75 men from
Joseph Trumpeldor 's work group built a tent camp nearMa'ayan Harod . Most of them were immigrants to Israel during theSecond Aliyah , and some arrived in theThird Aliyah . Some of them were members ofHashomer . The program was the "building up of the land by a general commune of Israeli workers." After two months, an additional group added to the eastern border of the Jezreel Valley and settled on the hill of Tel Hassan, which is nowTel Yosef . The other settlements were built later.List of settlements
The following settlements belong to the Gilboa Regional Council:Kibbutzim
*Beit Alfa
*Beit HaShita
*Ein Harod (Ihud)
*Ein Harod (Meuhad)
*Geva
*Heftziba
*Tel Yosef
*Yizre'el Moshavim
*Adirim
*Avital
*Barak
*Dvora
*Gadish
*Kfar Yehezkel
*Magen Shaul
*Meitav
*Mlea
*Prazon
*Ram-On
*Ramat Tzvi Communal settlements
*Gan Ner
*Gidona
*Merkaz Haver
*Merkaz Oman
*Merkaz Yael
*Moledet
*Nir Yafeh Arab villages
*Muqeible
*Na'ura
*Sandala
*Tamra
*TaibeFormer villages
*Nurit Economy
Agriculture
There are many branches of
agriculture performed in the settlements of the council. The most widespread ones arecotton ,wheat ,greenhouse s and other industrial plantings, flower plantings, field crops, fish pools, stables for cows, and chicken coops.Industry
The
kibbutz im in the council have built many factories: Shimurim in Beit HaShita; metalworking in Beit Alfa, Moledet, Ein Harod and Beit Yosef; carpentry in Beit HaShita and Ein Harod; electronics in Yizre'el; nut cracking in Geva; plastics in Heftzibah and Ram On; printing and ornamentation in Moledet and Tel Yosef.External links
* [http://www.atar-inter.net/site/index.asp?depart_id=25041 Official website] he icon
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