Lakhish Regional Council

Lakhish Regional Council مجلس إقليمي لاخيش מועצה אזורית לכיש‎
Regional council (from 1956)
District	Southern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Danny Morvia
Area
• Total	378,600 dunams (378.6 km2 or 146.2 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	10,200
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Website	Official website

Lakhish Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית לכיש, Mo'atza Azorit Lakhish) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. It surrounds the ancient city of Lakhish and the modern city of Kiryat Gat. It was founded in 1955. Today it includes 15 moshavim and one village, as listed below. As of 2008, three new communities are being built in eastern Lakhish, and some old communities are being expanded. Rabbis Shabtai Ben Hayyim and Ya'akov Alkabetz serve as rabbis of the council.

List of villages

The following villages are subject to the council. All are moshavim except Bnei Dekalim, Eliav and Neta.

• Ahuzam
• Amatzia
• Bnei Dekalim
• Haruv
• Lakhish
• Menuha
• Nir Hen
• Nehora
• Neta
• Noga
• Otzem
• Sde David
• Sde Moshe
• Shahar
• Shekef
• Tlamim
• Yad Natan
• Zohar

External links

• (in Hebrew) Official website

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