Ma'ale Efraim | |
Settlement Type: | Local council (from 1981) |
Translit Lang1: | Hebrew |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | ISO 259 |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | Maˁle ʔepraym |
Translit Lang1 Type3: | Also spelled |
Translit Lang1 Info3: | Ma'ale Efraim, Maaleh Efraim (unofficial) |
Pushpin Map: | Israel binyamin |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 32.0704°N 35.4036°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bank |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Judea and Samaria Area |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1978 |
Leader Title: | Head of Municipality |
Leader Name: | Shlomo Lalosh |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Ma'ale Efrayim (Hebrew: מַעֲלֵה אֶפְרַיִם, lit. Ascent of Ephraim)[1] is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a secular settlement and a local council, located along the eastern slopes of the Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley. It was founded in 1978 and named after the Biblical tribe of Ephraim.[2] The settlement's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981.[2] In, it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3]
According to ARIJ, in 1970 Israel illegally confiscated 1,464 dunams of land from the Palestinian land in order to construct Ma'ale Efrayim.[4]