Hevel Yavne Regional Council

Hevel Yavne Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית חבל יבנה, Mo'atza Azorit Hevel Yavneh, lit. Yavne Region Regional Council) is a regional council in the Central District of Israel.

Hevel Yavne

  • חבל יבנה
DistrictCentral
Government
  TypeRegional council (from 1950)
  Head of MunicipalityMoshe Liber
Area
  Total34,840 dunams (34.84 km2 or 13.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
  Total6,400
  Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The Hevel Yavne Regional Council was formed in 1950. It covers 32,000 dunams and six religious communities. Two yeshivas - Yeshivat Kerem BeYavne and Yeshivat Neve Herzog are under its purview.

It is bordered to the north by Yavne and Gan Raveh Regional Council; to the east by Gederot and Brenner Regional Councils; to the south by Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, and to the west by Ashdod.

List of communities

The council covers one kibbutz, four moshavim and a youth village;

Kibbutz

Moshavim

Youth village

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