Gilboa Regional Council
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Gilboa Regional Council (Hebrew: 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 33 settlements as of 2007. The area is about 250,000 dunams.
It is bordered on the north and west by the Jezreel Valley and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council; on the south by the Shomron mountains, and on the east by the Beit She'an Valley and the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.
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[edit] Initial Jewish settlement in the region
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 Trumpeldor's work group built a tent camp near Ma'ayan Harod. Most of them were immigrants to Israel during the Second Aliyah, and some arrived in the Third Aliyah. Some of them were members of Hashomer. 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 now Tel Yosef. The other settlements were built later.
[edit] Settlements in the Council
The following settlements belong to the Gilboa Regional Council:
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[edit] Arab
[edit] Economy
[edit] Agriculture
There are many branches of agriculture performed in the settlements of the council. The most widespread ones are cotton, wheat, greenhouses and other industrial plantings, flower plantings, field crops, fish pools, stables for cows, and chicken coops.
[edit] Industry
The kibbutzim in the council have built many factories: Shimurim in Beit Hashitah; metalworking in Beit Ilfa, Moledet, Ein Harod and Beit Yosef; carpentry in Beit Hashitah 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.
[edit] External links
- Gilboa Regional Council website (Hebrew)
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