Menashe Regional Council
The Menashe Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מנשה, Mo'atza Azorit Menasheh) is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District. It is named after the tribe of Menashe which had been allotted this region (and a much larger territory around) according to the Book of Joshua (17:1-10).
Menashe
מנשה | |
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Regional council (from 1950) | |
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| District |  Haifa |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Ilan Sade |
| Area | |
| • Total | 112,390 dunams (112.39 km2 or 43.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 18,600 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website |
List of localities
This regional council provides various municipal services for the 21 communities within its territory:
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Kibbutzim
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Moshavim
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Arab villages
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Other villages
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See also
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