Hof HaSharon Regional Council

Hof HaSharon Regional Council מועצה אזורית חוף השרון
Regional council
Hof HaSharon Regional Council
Coordinates: 32°13′59″N 34°52′01″E
District	Central
Founded	1949
Government
• Head of Municipality	Eli Malka
Area
• Total	47,485 dunams (47.485 km2 or 18.334 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	14,400
• Density	300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Website	hof-hasharon.co.il

Hof HaSharon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית חוף השרון, Mo'atza Azorit Hof HaSharon, lit. Sharon Coast Regional Council), is a regional council in the Central and Tel Aviv districts of Israel. It is located on the coastline in the Sharon area between Netanya and Herzliya.

The offices of the local authority are located in kibbutz Shefayim, as is the joint middle school and high school.

Before the 20th century, the territory of Hof HaSharon Regional Council formed the south-western part of the Forest of Sharon, a hallmark of the region's historical landscape. It was an open woodland dominated by Mount Tabor Oak (Quercus ithaburensi), which extended from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. The local Arab inhabitants traditionally used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture in the coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation known from Hebrew sources.

It was established in 1949 and govern 14 communities and an educational institute (Neve Hadassah).

Settlements

Kibbutzim

• Ga'ash
• Glil Yam (Tel Aviv District)
• Shefayim
• Tel Yitzhak
• Yakum

Moshavim

• Batzra
• Beit Yehoshua
• Bnei Zion
• Kfar Netter
• Rishpon
• Udim

Other villages

• Arsuf (near the ruins of Apollonia)
• Harutzim (community settlement)
• Kiryat Shlomo (hospital)
• Neve Hadassah (youth village)

External links

Media related to Hof HaSharon Regional Council at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Hebrew)
• Hof Hasharon – inter-urban coastal strip Israel Union for Environmental Defense