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Bustan al-Marj Regional Council is a
regional councilRegional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being cities and local councils. As of 2003, there were 53 regional councils in Israel, usually responsible for governing a number of settlements spread across rural areas...
in northern
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. Its territory lies adjacent to the
Jezreel ValleyThe Jezreel Valley is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the south of the Lower Galilee region of Israel...
and north of
AfulaAfula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 39,200 at the end of 2007.-History:...
. The area includes four
ArabArab citizens of Israel is a phrase used by Israeli and other government and independent agencies to refer to Israeli citizens whose cultural and/or linguistic heritage, and ethnic identity, is Arab, including members of any religious tradition other than Jewish...
villages:
- Ed Dahi
Ed Dahi, also known as ad-Dahi or simply Dahi is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located adjacent to Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. The village is situated at an altitude of 550 meters above sea level...
- Kafr Misr
Kafr Misr is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located near Afula to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 2,400. About 66% of the population is under the age of 18.Kafr Misr has been inhabited for...
- Nein
Nein is an Israeli Arab village in the Bustan al-Marj Regional Council in the Lower Galilee. Nein, located fourteen kilometers south of Nazareth covers approximately 1,000 dunums of land. Its total land area consisted of 3,737 before 1962. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics,...
- Sulam
Sulam is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 2,500....
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