Megilot Regional Council

Megilot מגילות‎
Regional council (from 1981)
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Government
• Head of Municipality	Aryeh Cohen
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,827
Website	Official website

Megilot Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית מגילות, Mo'atza Azorit Megilot), also Megilot Dead Sea Regional Council, is a regional council in the Judean Desert of the West Bank, near the western shores of the Dead Sea. It covers six Israeli settlements. With only about 1,400 residents, it is Israel's smallest regional council.^[1] Its municipal offices are located in Vered Yeriho.

Etymology

The name "Megilot" means scrolls. It refers to the fact that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in Qumran, which lies within the council's governing area, near Kalya.

Communities

There are six communities in the council: four kibbutzim, one moshav, and one other community.

Kibbutzim

• Almog
• Beit HaArava
• Mitzpe Shalem
• Kalya

Moshav

• Vered Yeriho

Other community

• Bait Hagla
• Ovnat

References

External links

• Megilot Regional Council homepage (Hebrew)

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