Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית בקעת הירדן, ''Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at HaYarden'', ''lit.'' Jordan Valley Regional Council), also Aravot HaYarden (''lit.'' Jordan Plains) is a
regional council
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covering 21
Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, or Israeli colonies, are civilian communities inhabited by Israeli citizens, overwhelmingly of Jewish ethnicity, built on lands occupied by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli se ...
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. The municipal territory of the council reaches from
Mehola
Mehola ( he, מְחוֹלָה) is a religious moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley near the Green Line and the Palestinian village of Bardala,Isabel KershneStrategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stum ...
in the north, near the
Beit She'an Valley
The Beit She'an Valley ( he, בקעת בית שאן or he, עמק בית שאן) is a valley in Israel.
The valley lies within the Beit She'an rift, part of the Afro-Syrian Rift (Jordan Rift Valley), which opens westwards to the Harod Valley. ...
, to
Jericho
Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho ...
in the south.
Most of the settlements are located on the two major north-south roads traversing the council's territory. The
Allon Road
Allon Road is the name given by Israel to Routes 458, 508, and 578 in the West Bank, running roughly south–north along the eastern watershed of the Judaean and Samarian Hills, between Highway 1 near Kfar Adumim east of Jerusalem and Highway 9 ...
on the west and Highway 90 on the east. The town of Ma'ale Efraim, a local council, is located within the regional council's borders, but constitutes an independent municipality. The regional council offices are located at the Shlomtzion regional centre.
As of 2021, David Elhayani is the head of the council.
List of villages
This regional council provides various municipal services for the villages within its territory:List of communities Jordan Valley Regional Council
* Argaman (moshav)
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Beka'ot
Beka'ot ( he, בְּקָעוֹת, , Valleys) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley with an area of 1,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
Mehola
Mehola ( he, מְחוֹלָה) is a religious moshav and Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley near the Green Line and the Palestinian village of Bardala,Isabel KershneStrategic Corridor in West Bank Remains a Stum ...
Mevo'ot Yericho
Mevo'ot Yericho ( he, מְבוֹאוֹת יְרִיחוֹ, ''lit.'' Doorway to Jericho), founded in 1999, is an Israeli settlement and a community settlement located in the West Bank's southern Jordan Valley just north of Jericho, in the Yitav Val ...
Niran
Na'aran ( he, נערן), formerly known as Niran () is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in Area C of the Jordan Valley near Jericho,
(kibbutz)
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Na'omi
Na'omi ( he, נָעֳמִי) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank.Na'omi Bik'at HaY ...
Ro'i
Ro'i ( he, רוֹעִ"י) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The international commun ...
Shadmot Mehola
Shadmot Mehola ( he, שַׁדְמוֹת מְחוֹלָה, , Mehola Fields) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a national-religious moshav shitufi.Tomer (moshav)
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Yafit
Yafit ( he, יַפִית, , Beautiful) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The ...
(moshav)
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Yitav
Yitav ( he, יִיטַ"ב, an abbreviation of ''Yad Yitzhak Tabenkin'') is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the West Bank. Located just north of Jericho and west of the Palestinian village of al-Auja, ...