Megilot Regional Council

Megilot מגילות‎‎
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Government
• Type	Regional council (from 1981)
• Head of Municipality	Aryeh Cohen
Population (2014)
• Total	1,200
Website	Official website

Megilot Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מגילות‎‎, Mo'atza Azorit Megilot), also Megilot Dead Sea Regional Council, is a regional council in the Judean Desert near the western shores of the Dead Sea. It covers six Israeli settlements in the West Bank. With only about 1,400 residents, it is Israel's smallest regional council.^[1] Its municipal offices are located in Vered Yeriho.

Etymology

The name "Megilot" means scrolls. It refers to the fact that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in Qumran, which lies within the council's governing area, near Kalya.

Communities

There are six communities in the council: four kibbutzim, one moshav, and one other community.

Kibbutzim

Moshav

Vered Yeriho

Other community

Avnat

References

↑ Population Summary Tables 2005 Central Bureau of Statistics

External links

Megilot Regional Council homepage (Hebrew)

Megilot Regional Council

Kibbutzim	Almog Beit HaArava Kalya Mitzpe Shalem

Moshav	Vered Yeriho

Community settlement	Avnat

Regional councils of Israel

Center District	Brenner Drom HaSharon Gan Raveh Gederot Gezer Hefer Valley Hevel Modi'in Hevel Yavne Hof HaSharon Lev HaSharon Lod Valley Nahal Sorek

Haifa District	Alona Hof HaCarmel Menashe Zevulun

Jerusalem District	Mateh Yehuda

Judea and Samaria Area	Gush Etzion Har Hevron Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden) Mateh Binyamin Megilot Dead Sea Shomron

North District	al-Batuf Bustan al-Marj Gilboa Golan Jezreel Valley Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) Lower Galilee Ma'ale Yosef Mateh Asher Megiddo Merom HaGalil Mevo'ot HaHermon Misgav Upper Galilee Valley of Springs

South District	al-Kasom Be'er Tuvia Bnei Shimon Central Arava Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakhish Merhavim Neve Midbar Ramat Negev Sha'ar HaNegev Sdot Negev (Azata) Shafir Tamar Yoav

Judea and Samaria Area

Cities	Ariel Beitar Illit Ma'ale Adumim Modi'in Illit

Regional committee	Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron Yesha Council

Regional councils	Gush Etzion Har Hevron Mateh Binyamin Megilot Dead Sea Shomron Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden)

Local councils	Alfei Menashe Beit Aryeh-Ofarim Beit El Efrat Elkana Giv'at Ze'ev Har Adar Immanuel Karnei Shomron Kedumim Kiryat Arba Ma'ale Efrayim Oranit

See also	Area C COGAT Israeli Civil Administration IDF Central Command Israeli settlement Jewish locality Population statistics Seam Zone Jerusalem District

Coordinates: 31°49′34.17″N 35°25′56.52″E / 31.8261583°N 35.4323667°E / 31.8261583; 35.4323667

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