Hof Ashkelon Regional Council ( Hebrew : מועצה אזורית חוף אשקלון , Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon , lit. Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. As of the year 2019, its population is around 18,000.
4-612: The council is bordered to the north by Be'er Tuvia Regional Council , to the east by the Be'er Tuvia, Lakhish , Shafir and Yoav Regional Councils , to the south by Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council and the Gaza Strip , and to the west by Ashkelon and the Mediterranean Sea . Its average elevation is 54 meters above the sea level. The council covers 19 communities, including five kibbutzim , eleven moshavim , two community settlements and
8-519: A youth village . Kibbutzim Moshavim Community settlements Youth villages 31°43′01″N 34°37′59″E / 31.717°N 34.633°E / 31.717; 34.633 Be%27er Tuvia Regional Council Be'er Tuvia Regional Council ( Hebrew : מועצה אזורית באר טוביה , Mo'atza Azorit Be'er Tovia ), is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel . It borders Yoav and Nahal Sorek regional councils in
12-519: The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , the regional council had a population of 18,600. Initially all settlements in the area were built as agricultural. There are lot of plantations and crop fields can be seen. Farms producing beef and milk are also developed. The Buffalo Ranch in Bitzaron is very famous. Yet, over the years the local government developed industry on the lands that belongs to
16-465: The east; Hof Ashkelon regional council, the Mediterranean Sea , the city of Ashdod and Gan Yavne local council in the west; Gederot , Hevel Yavne regional councils and Gedera , Bnei Aish local councils in the north; Shafir regional council in the south. The town of Kiryat Malakhi is enclaved in the middle. Be'er Tuvia was incorporated as a regional council in 1950, with a land-area of approximately 140,000 dunams (140 km²). According to
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