Tzukei Yam (, ''lit.'' Sea Cliffs) is a

community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an ...

in central

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. Located on the coast of the

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to the north of

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 ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of

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 ...

, of which it is the westernmost community. In it had a population of .

History

The village was established in 1956, and was named after the nearby cliffs.

References

{{Authority control Community settlements Populated places established in 1956 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1956 establishments in Israel