Hof HaCarmel חוף הכרמל | |
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Regional council (from 1951) | |
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| District |  Haifa |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Asif Izek |
| Area | |
• Total | 187,360dunams (187.36 km2; 72.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 28,500 |
| • Density | 152/km2 (394/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website |
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council (Hebrew:מועצה אזורית חוף הכרמל,Mo'atza Azorit Hof ha-Karmel,lit. Carmel Coast Regional Council) is aregional council located in the northernIsraeli coastal plain. The council serves a large area, stretching fromTirat HaCarmel in the north toCaesarea in the south. Its offices are located inEin Carmel to the south ofHaifa. The head of the council isAsif Izek, elected in 2018.
Straddling the coast of theMediterranean Sea to the west, the boundaries of the municipal area are:
In the centre of the council area are the enclave towns ofBinyamina,Zikhron Ya'akov,Fureidis andJisr az-Zarqa.
Hof HaCarmel Regional Council contains many different types of settlements, including eightkibbutzim, tenmoshavim and twocommunity settlements. Most of the land in the Hof HaCarmel region is owned and leased by theIsrael Land Administration.
Kibbutzim | Moshavim | Community settlements | Other villages
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Educational institutes include:
New Hampshire,United States since December 2004
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