Sdot Dan Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית שדות דן, ''Mo'atza Azorit Sdot Dan'', ''lit.'' Dan Fields Regional Council) is a

regional council Regional Council may refer to: * Regional Council (Hong Kong), disbanded in 1999 ** Regional Council (constituency) Regional council may refer to: * Regional council (Cameroon) * Regional council (France), the elected assembly of a region of Fra ...

in the Central District of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Founded in 1952, it borders

Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport, ; ar, مطار بن غوريون الدولي , commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, it is th ...

and

Or Yehuda Or Yehuda ( he, אוֹר יְהוּדָה, ar, أور يهوده ) is a town in the Tel Aviv District of Gush Dan, Israel. In it had a population of . History Prehistory Human settlement back to the Chalcolithic has been found on the site.

to the north,

Hevel Modi'in Regional Council Hevel Modi'in Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית חבל מודיעין, ''Mo'atza Azorit Hevel Modi'in'', ''lit.'' Modi'in Region Regional Council) is a regional council in central Israel. It was founded in 1950 and covers an area fro ...

and

Lod Lod ( he, לוד, or fully vocalized ; ar, اللد, al-Lidd or ), also known as Lydda ( grc, Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephe ...

to the east,

Be'er Ya'akov Be'er Ya'akov ( he, בְּאֵר יַעֲקֹב, ''lit.'' Jacob's Well) is a city in Central District (Israel), central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion. The town has an area of 8,580 dunams (~8.6 km²), and had a population of 30,33 ...

and

Ramla Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations. The city was ...

to the south and

Beit Dagan Beit Dagan ( he, בֵּית דָּגָן, ''lit.'' "House of Grain") is a town and local council in the Central District of Israel. it had a population of in . It was awarded local council status in 1958. History During the Ottoman period, t ...

and

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ...

to the west. It was named Lod Valley Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית עמק לוד, ''Mo'atza Azorit Emek Lod'') until 2018.

List of communities

The council covers eight

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 ...

im and two villages; *Moshavim **

Ahi'ezer Ahi'ezer ( he, אֲחִיעֶזֶר) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History During the Ottoman period, the area of Ahi'ezer be ...

Ganot Ganot ( he, גַּנּוֹת, lit=gardens) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the Hiriya (now Ariel Sharon Park) it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History During the 18th and 19t ...

Hemed Hemed ( he, חֶמֶד, lit=grace) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Or Yehuda, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History During the 18th and 19th centuries, the area ...

Mishmar HaShiva Mishmar HaShiv'a ( he, מִשְׁמַר הַשִּׁבְעָה, lit=guard of the seven) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Dagan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History T ...

Nir Tzvi Nir Tzvi ( he, נִיר צְבִי, lit=Zvi's meadow) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was founded in 1954 by immigran ...

Tzafria Tzafria ( he, צַפְרִיָּה, ar, تسفرية) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Du ...

Yagel Yagel ( he, יָגֵל, lit=he will rejoice) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod and Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Yagel was the ...

Zeitan Zeitan ( he, זֵיתָן) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod and the road to Ben Gurion International Airport, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History During the 18th and 1 ...

*Other villages **

Kfar Chabad Kfar Chabad ( he, כְּפַר חַבָּ"ד, ''lit.'' "Chabad Village") is a Chabad-Lubavitch village in central Israel. Between Beit Dagan and Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . His ...

*Unofficial settlements (Arab) **

Dahmash Dahmash ( ar, دهمش, he, דהמש) is an Arab village in Israel situated 15 kilometers from Tel Aviv-Yafo in an agricultural area between Lod, Ramla and Nir Tzvi. It has been inhabited since 1951, and has a population of 600 people, all ...

External links

Official website
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