Menashe | |
Settlement Type: | Regional council (from 1950) |
Image Blank Emblem: | Menashe Regional Council Logo.jpg |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150 |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Israel |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Leader Title: | Head of Municipality |
Leader Name: | Ilan Sade |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Population Total: | 18,600 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | Official website |
The Menashe Regional Council (he|מועצה אזורית מנשה, Mo'atza Azorit Menasheh) is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District. It is named after the tribe of Menashe which had been allotted this region (and a much larger territory around) according to the Book of Joshua (17:1-10).
This regional council provides various municipal services for the 21 communities within its territory:
Kibbutzim
Moshavim
Arab villages
Other villages