Megilot
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Megilot מועצה אזורית מגילות |
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| Territory : |
West Bank ( Judea and Samaria ) |
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| Community type : | Regional administration | ||
| Regional administration : | Megilot | ||
| Founded : | 1981 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 40 ′ N , 35 ° 26 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 1,200 (2014) | ||
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The Megilot Regional Administration ( Hebrew מועצה אזורית מגילות Mo'atza Azorit Megilot ) is a regional administration in the southeastern West Bank in Israeli Judea and Samaria .
The name Megilot means scroll and refers to the Dead Sea scrolls found in Qumran in the area of today's regional administration.
The seat of the administration is in Vered Jericho.
location
The area of regional administration is located in the eastern part of the Judean Desert , west and north of the Dead Sea .
history
The Palestine Potash Company, founded by Mose Nowomeisky in 1930, began extracting potash from the northern Dead Sea in the area of today's regional administration . For this purpose, the village of Kalija was built in 1929, which was destroyed in the Palestine War in 1948 and rebuilt in 1968.
During the Six Day War of 1967, Israel occupied what is now the regional administration. 1981 for the emerging since 1968 Israeli settlements a separate administrative unit established.
Residents
With only 1,200 inhabitants in 2014, Megilot is the least populous regional administration in Israel.
In the censuses of June 4, 1983, November 4, 1995 and December 28, 2008, the Israeli Central Statistical Office gives the following population figures for the locations of the regional administration:
| Surname | 1983 | 1995 | 2008 |
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| Almog | 57 | 125 | 197 |
| Avnat | - | - | - |
| Beit HaArava | - | 27 | 96 |
| Kalija | 102 | 256 | 281 |
| Mitzpe Salem | 70 | 208 | 172 |
| Vered Jericho | 151 | 197 | 188 |
| total | 380 | 813 | 934 |
structure
- 4 kibbutzim : → List of kibbutzim
- 1 moshav : → table of moshavim
- 1 Community settlement : → Table of community settlements
- The Jiftach University in Avnat
mayor
Aria Cohen