Nachal Sorek (regional administration)
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| hebrew : | מועצה אזורית נחל שורק | ||
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| District : | Central | ||
| Founded : | 1952 | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 48 ′ N , 34 ° 49 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 28.34 km² | ||
| Residents : | 8,200 (2014) | ||
| Population density : | 289 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | Regional administration | ||
| Mayor : | Eli Eskosido | ||
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Nachal Sorek ( Hebrew מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית נַחַל שׂוֹרֵק) is an Israeli regional administration in the central district of Israel . It was founded in 1952 and is located on the Sorek River of the same name . The administrative headquarters are in Jad Binjamin.
structure
- 1 kibbutz : → List of kibbutzim
- 4 moshav : → table of moshavim
- 2 community settlements : → table of community settlements
Residents
The Israeli Central Statistical Office gives the following population figures for Nachal Sorek 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 | 1,500 | 1,300 | 1,800 | 2,200 | 4,600 |
economy
In 2010, the Israeli Cabinet approved the construction of the world's largest water treatment and desalination plant in the area of the regional administration . This was put into operation in 2013 and has an output of 150 m³ using the reverse osmosis process . In June 2018 it was decided to build another plant in Sorek, the sixth in total.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Central Office for Statistics
- ↑ World's largest desalination plant approved , Monday, June 21, 2010 online
- ↑ Sea water for life. In: Israelnetz .de. August 23, 2019, accessed August 23, 2019 .
