Gush Etzion Regional Council
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The Gush Etzion Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית גוש עציון) is a regional council in the northern Judean hills, or rather, the northern part of the southern area of the West Bank, administering the settlements in the Gush Etzion region, as well as others nearby. The headquarters are located adjacent to Alon Shvut.
The current mayor of the Council is Shaul Goldstein.
The cities of Ma'ale Adummim and Betar Illit, as well as the local council of Efrat, are physically located within the territory of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, yet are independent municipal entities.
This regional council provides various municipal services for the following Israeli settlements within its territory:
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Historic Gush Etzion:
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All of the settlements in the historic Gush Etzion area are on the Israeli side of the West Bank Barrier, except for Carmei Tzur. None of the settlements in the Judean Mountains area are, except for Kedar which is located far north of the others very close to Maale Adummim and is within the eastern Jerusalem section of the barrier.
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| Gush Etzion Regional Council | ||
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| Kibbutzim: | Kfar Etzion | Migdal Oz | Rosh Tzurim | |
| Communal settlements: | Alon Shvut | Bat Ayin | Gvaot | Elazar | Har Gilo | Carmei Tzur | Kedar | Kfar Eldad | Ma'ale Amos | Metzad | Neve Daniel | Nokdim (El David) | Tekoa | |
| Outposts: | Ibei HaNahal | Ma'ale Rehav'am | Pnei Kedem | |
| Regional councils of Israel |
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| Abu Basma | Alona | al-Batuf | Be'er Tuvia | Beit She'an Valley | Bnei Shimon | Brenner | Bustan al-Marj | Central Arava | Drom HaSharon | Ef'al | Eshkol | Lower Galilee | Upper Galilee | Gan Rave | Gederot | Gezer | Gilboa | Golan | Gush Etzion | Har Hebron | Hefer Valley | Hevel Eilot | Hevel Modi'in | Hevel Yavne | Hof Ashkelon | Hof HaCarmel | Hof HaSharon | Jezreel Valley | Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) | Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden) | Lakhish | Lev HaSharon | Lod Valley | Ma'ale Yosef | Matte Asher | Matte Binyamin | Matte Yehuda | Megiddo | Megilot Dead Sea | Menashe | Merhavim | Merom HaGalil | Mevo'ot HaHermon | Misgav | Nahal Sorek | Ramat Negev | Sha'ar HaNegev | Sdot Negev (Azata) | Shafir | Shomron | Tamar | Yoav | Zevulun |