Mate Asher ( Hebrew מטה אשר ) is a regional council in northern Israel , in the mountains of Western Galilee, named for the tribe that lived in the area in ancient times. The Administrative Regional Council belongs to the Northern District of Israel .
 Regional Council of Israel | |||||
| Mate Asher | |||||
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| Heb. מטה אשר | |||||
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| County | Northern | ||||
| Founded in | 1982 | ||||
Demographic data on CSB for 2018 [1] :
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| Socio-Economic Assessment | 6 out of 10 | ||||
| Gini coefficient | 0.4256 | ||||
| Head of council | Moshe Davidovich | ||||
| Square | 212.15 km² | ||||
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Religious composition Religious composition as of 2016 : Jews (82%) Muslims (15.8%) Christians (0%) Druze (0%) No religion (2.2%) | |||||
Population by age Population by age as of 2016 : 0-4 years (9.0%) 5-9 years (10.2%) 10-14 years (9.0%) 15-19 years old (7.7%) 20-29 years (11.5%) 30-44 years (21.0%) 45-59 years (15.4%) 60-64 years old (4.4%) > 65 years old (11.8%) | |||||
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History
The Regional Council was created in 1982 by combining three regional councils - the Gaaton Regional Council, the Naaman Regional Council and the Sulam Zur Regional Council. The council covers an area of about 212 hectares, with a population of about 30 thousand people. Kibbutz residents make up about 54% of the total population of the council, there are also two villages of national minorities (Bedouin Arab al-Aramsche and Arab Sheikh Danun ).
Population
According to statistics from the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel, the population of the regional council for 2018 is 28,700 people [1] .
Geography
The Council is located along the border between Israel and Lebanon and is limited to the following administrative units:
- From the north: the border between Israel and Lebanon and Shlomi
- From the East: Maale Yosef Regional Council, Mizgav and Kafr Yasif Regional Council
- From the South: Zvulun and Kriot Regional Council
- From the west: the Mediterranean Sea , the cities of Nahariya , Acre and Kriot
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Population by municipal status, districts and regional councils as of 01.01.2018 (Hebrew) . Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel . Date of treatment December 4, 2018.