The Bet She'an Valley Natural Region or Beit She'an Valley Natural Region is a natural region in the Jezreel Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Beit She'an is the largest city in the natural region.
Geography
The natural region consists of the southeastern portion of the Jezreel subdistrict, adjacent to the West Bank and bordered by Jordan on the east, which here follows the Jordan River. It has an area of 217 km2.https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/CBSNewBrand/Pages/community.aspx?semel=231&mode=EzorTiviThe largest city is Beit She'an, containing 55 percent of the natural region's population. Beit She'an is the final station of the Jezreel Valley railway, which connects the area to Afula and Haifa.
Demographics The vast majority of the population of the natural region are Jewish. There are no Arab towns in the region.
Administrative local authorities Cities Local Councils Villages Bet She'an[None] Valley of Springs (formerly Beit She'an Valley): Beit Yosef Ein HaNetziv Gesher Hamadia Kfar Ruppin Ma'ale Gilboa Ma'oz Haim Menahemia Meirav Mesilot Meital Neve Eitan Neve Ur Nir David Rehov Reshafim Revaya Sde Eliyahu Sde Nahum Sde Trumot Tel Te'omim Tirat Zvi Yardena
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 74 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and 26 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid. The Arab parties received no significant support.
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