Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council

The Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מעלה יוסף, Mo'atza Azorit Ma'aleh Yosef) is a regional council in the Upper Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel, situated between the towns of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Shlomi. Its offices are located in Gornot HaGalil.

Ma'ale Yosef מעלה יוסף‎
Regional council (from 1957)
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Shimon Goata
Area
• Total	92,950 dunams (92.95 km2 or 35.89 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	9,600
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Website	Official website

The council was established in 1963, although most of its settlements were founded in the 1950s. It was named for Yosef Weiz, Zionist pioneer of the Second Aliyah and director of the Jewish National Fund following the First World War.

Geography

The council runs along the Israel-Lebanon border. It is bounded on the west by the Mateh Asher Regional Council and Kafr Yasif, on the south by the Misgav Regional Council, and on the east by the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. Within its geographic area are several Druze and other Israeli-Arab villages.

List of settlements

The regional council provides municipal services for the populations within its territory, who live on moshavim and in community settlements.

Moshavim

• Avdon
• Ein Ya'akov
• Elkosh
• Even Menachem

• Goren
• Hosen
• Lapidot
• Manot

• Me'ona
• Netu'a
• Peki'in HaHadasha
• Shomera

• Shtula
• Tzuriel
• Ya'ara
• Zar'it

Community settlements

• Abirim
• Gita

• Gornot HaGalil
• Mattat

• Mitzpe Hila
• Neve Ziv

External links

• Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council website (Hebrew)