Hof Ashkelon Regional Council (, Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon, lit. Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. As of the year 2019, its population is around 18,000.
The council is bordered to the north by Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, to the east by the Be'er Tuvia, Lakhish, Shafir and Yoav Regional Councils, to the south by Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council and the Gaza Strip, and to the west by Ashkelon and the Mediterranean Sea. Its average elevation is 54 meters above the sea level.
List of communities The council covers 19 communities, including five kibbutzim, eleven moshavim, two community settlements and a youth village.
Kibbutzim Gevaram Karmia Nitzanim Yad Mordechai Zikim Moshavim Beit Shikma Berekhya Ge'a Heletz Hodiya Kokhav Michael Mashen Mavki'im Nir Yisrael Netiv HaAsara Talmei Yafeh Community settlements Bat Hadar Be'er Ganim Nitzan Nitzan Bet Youth villages Kfar Silver Nitzanim Youth Village (closed)
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 58 percent of voters in the regional council voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 42 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 0.2 percent voted for the Arab parties.
References
External links Official website