Lev HaSharon Regional Council () is a regional council in the

Sharon Sharon ( 'plain'), also spelled Saron, is a given name as well as a Hebrew name. In Anglosphere, English-speaking areas, Sharon is now predominantly a feminine given name, but historically it was also used as a masculine given name. In Israel, ...

region of the Central District of

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History

The council was established in 1984, unifying Hadar HaSharon and Northern Sharon regional councils, and covers 18 villages with a total area of 57,000

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; ; ; ), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amo ...

s and a population of 13,600. It borders

Hefer Valley Regional Council The Hefer Valley Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Hefer'') is a regional council in the Sharon region of the Central District of Israel. It is named after an administrative district in this area in the time of King Solomon (). The co ...

and

Pardesiya Pardesiya () is a town in the Central District of Israel. Located on the Sharon plain, between Kfar Yona and the Lev HaSharon Regional Council, it was founded between 1937 and 1939. In it had a population of ; its jurisdiction is 1,273 dunams ( ...

to the north,

Qalansawe Qalansawe or Qalansuwa (, , lit. "turban") is an Arab city in the Central District of Israel. Part of the Triangle, in it had a population of . History Early Muslim period During the Abbasid Revolution in 750, which toppled the Umayyad Cal ...

, Tira and the

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

to the east,

Drom HaSharon Regional Council The Drom HaSharon Regional Council () is a regional council located partly in the Sharon region and partly in the Central Coastal Plain region of the Central District of Israel. The council's headquarters are located on Highway 40 near Neve Ya ...

to the south and

Even Yehuda Even Yehuda () is a town in the central Sharon region of Israel east of Netanya. In it had a population of . Etymology Even Yehuda is named for Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, one of the leading figures in the revival of the Hebrew language. Location Even ...

and

Netanya Netanya () () or Natanya (), is a city in the "Planet Bekasi" Central District (Israel), Setanyahu of Israel, Israel BAB ih, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between the Poleg stre ...

to the west. Until 1997 it also covered Tzoran, now a local council.

List of communities

*Moshavim ** Tzur Moshe ·

Azri'el Azri'el () is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Tel Mond, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Azriel was founded in 1951 by immigrants from Yemen. It was named a ...

Bnei Dror Bnei Dror (, ''lit.'' Sons of Liberty) is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located near Netanya and covering 3,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was ...

Ein Sarid Ein Sarid () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon ...

Ein Vered Ein Vered () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Before the 20th century the area formed part of the Forest of Sharon ...

· Geulim ·

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Kfar Hess Kfar Hess () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain to the south-east of Tel Mond and covering 3,800 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village ...

Kfar Yabetz Kfar Yavetz () is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near the Arab city of Tayibe, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was founded o ...

· Mishmeret ·

Nitzanei Oz Nitzanei Oz (, ''lit.'' Buds of Strength) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near the Green Line and Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History It wa ...

· Nordia · Porat · · Tnuvot ·

Yanuv Yanuv () is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Netanya and Tulkarm, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Before the 20th century the area formed part of ...

*Community settlements **

Ganot Hadar Ganot Hadar () is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was founded in 1954 and was designated ...

Ye'af Ye'af () is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Tel Mond, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was founded in 1968

*Other villages **

Kfar Avoda Kfar Avoda () is an institutional settlement that operates a center for special education in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around two kilometres east of Tel Mond, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. I ...

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Lev HaSharon region is twinned with: *

Tczew Tczew (, formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021). It is the capital of Tczew County and the largest city of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within th ...

''(since 1997)'' *

Witten Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. Geography Witten is situated in the Ruhr valley, in the southern Ruhr area. Bordering municipalities * Bochum ...

''(since 1979)''

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lev Hasharon Regional Council Regional councils in Israel Sharon plain