Emek Chefer (regional association)
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hebrew : | עמק חפר | |
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District : | Central | |
Founded : | 1940 | |
Coordinates : | 32 ° 21 ' N , 34 ° 55' E | |
Area : | 127.94 km² | |
Residents : | 41,100 (2014) | |
Population density : | 321 inhabitants per km² | |
Time zone : | UTC + 2 | |
Community type: | Regional association | |
Mayor : | Rani Idan | |
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Emek Chefer ( Hebrew עמק חפר, Mo'aza Asorit Emek Chefer; German: Regional administration Tal von Chefer ) is an Israeli regional administration in the Sharon plain in central Israel . It is named after the Chefer valley .
location
The regional administration covers an area that borders Hadera to the north, Tulkarm and the Green Line to the east, Netanya to the south and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
history
The valley of Chefer is already mentioned in the Old Testament as "Land of Chefer" ( 1 Kings 4,10 ZB ).
In 1928–29, the Zionist pioneer Yehoshua Hankin bought the land with donations from Winnipeg . The first Jewish settlement in the valley was Kfar Vitkin, named after Joseph Vitkin . The first settlers drained the vast swamps.
The regional administration was established in 1940. In 1949 the Academic Center Midreschet Ruppin, named after the Jewish sociologist Arthur Ruppin , was opened.
Since Helmut Peter and Herbert Krämer initiated the first German-Israeli visitor exchange in 1966 , there has been a communal partnership between the Siegen-Wittgenstein and Emek Chefer districts that has been intensively cultivated.
Demographics
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reported the following population figures for the regional administration in the censuses of May 22, 1961, May 19, 1972, June 4, 1983, November 4, 1995 and December 28, 2008:
Year of the census | 1961 | 1972 | 1983 | 1995 | 2008 |
Number of inhabitants | 16,700 | 20,400 | 22,400 | 23,800 | 35,500 |
structure
The Emek Chefer regional administration includes 9 kibbutzim , 27 moshavim , 6 community settlements and 2 youth villages:
Kibbutzim
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Moshavim
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Community settlements
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Youth Villages
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Web links
- Official Website (Hebrew)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ḥefer Plain. In: Encyclopedia of Judaism. 1971, accessed March 27, 2020 .
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↑ About Ruppin: Ruppin - past and present. Ruppin Acadmic Center, accessed March 27, 2020 . Ruppin Academic Center. The Council for Higher Education of Israel, archived from the original on July 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2020 (English).
- ^ Partnerships: Emek Hefer (Israel). In: siegen-wittgenstein.de. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
- ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics