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The Tamar Regional Council is a regional council
Regional council (Israel)

Regional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Local council ....
 in Israel's South District
South District (Israel)

The South District is one of Israel's Districts of Israel, and is the largest in terms of land area as well as the most sparsely populated. It covers most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arabah valley....
, on the south and western edges of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
 along the Arava
Arabah

The Arabah is a section of the Great Rift Valley lying between the Dead Sea to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba to the south. It forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east....
 valley. The council was established in 1955 with the opening of lodging at Sodom
Sodom

Sodom can refer to:...
 near the Dead Sea Works
Dead Sea Works

The Dead Sea Works is the current name of the successor company to the Palestine Potash Company which was founded by Moshe Novomeysky in the 1920s -- for more detail on its foundation, see Moshe_Novomeysky#Palestine_Potash_Company...
, and its jurisdiction covers an area of 1,650 kmē.

The first council head was Yehuda Almog (Kopelivitch), who had lived in the area from 1934. The present Mayor of the Tamar Regional Council is Mr. Dov Litvinoff.

The council today encompasses communal villages, agriculture , factories, tourist sites, and military and civilian installations.






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The Tamar Regional Council is a regional council
Regional council (Israel)

Regional councils are one of the three types of local government entities found in Israel, with the other two being list of cities in Israel and Local council ....
 in Israel's South District
South District (Israel)

The South District is one of Israel's Districts of Israel, and is the largest in terms of land area as well as the most sparsely populated. It covers most of the Negev desert, as well as the Arabah valley....
, on the south and western edges of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
 along the Arava
Arabah

The Arabah is a section of the Great Rift Valley lying between the Dead Sea to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba to the south. It forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east....
 valley. The council was established in 1955 with the opening of lodging at Sodom
Sodom

Sodom can refer to:...
 near the Dead Sea Works
Dead Sea Works

The Dead Sea Works is the current name of the successor company to the Palestine Potash Company which was founded by Moshe Novomeysky in the 1920s -- for more detail on its foundation, see Moshe_Novomeysky#Palestine_Potash_Company...
, and its jurisdiction covers an area of 1,650 kmē.

The first council head was Yehuda Almog (Kopelivitch), who had lived in the area from 1934. The present Mayor of the Tamar Regional Council is Mr. Dov Litvinoff.

The council today encompasses communal villages, agriculture , factories, tourist sites, and military and civilian installations. Tamar council has a permanent population of 2,300, half of which is Jewish and lives in 5 communities, and half of which is Arab and lives in unrecognized communities
Unrecognized villages

The term unrecognized village refers to a Bedouin village in the Negev Desert which the Israeli government does not recognize as a legal settlement....
. A large number of people from other areas are employed both year-round and seasonally at the Dead Sea Works, the Dead Sea hotel district at Neve Zohar
Neve Zohar

Neve Zohar is a communal settlement in the South District of Israel, in the Tamar Regional Council. It is located on the junction of Highway 31 and Highway 90 , on the shores of the Dead Sea and 23 km from Arad, Israel by road....
, and numerous other tourist spots like Ein Gedi
Ein Gedi

Ein Gedi is an oasis in Israel, located west of the Dead Sea, close to Masada and the caves of Qumran. Location .It is known for its caves, spring s, and its rich diversity of flora and fauna....
 and Masada
Masada

Masada is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel on top of an isolated rock plateau, or large mesa, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea....
. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure....
 (CBS), the total population of the regional council in 2006 was 2,300.

List of settlements

  • Ein Gedi
    Ein Gedi (kibbutz)

    Ein Gedi is a kibbutz on the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. Located on the edge of the Judean desert at the site of historic Ein Gedi, its municipal services are provided by Tamar Regional Council....
     kibbutz
    Kibbutz

    A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
  • Har Amasa
    Har Amasa

    Har Amasa is a communal settlement in the south of Israel. Located near the Yatir Forest 20 kilometres south of Hebron and 14 km northeast of Arad, Israel, it is the only member of the Tamar Regional Council to be located in the highlands outside the Great Rift Valley....
     (kibbutz)
  • Neot HaKikar
    Neot HaKikar

    Neot HaKikar is a moshav in the northern Arabah valley in Israel. Located south of the Dead Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council....
     (moshav
    Moshav

    Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
    )
  • Ein Hatzeva
    Ein Hatzeva

    Ein Hatzeva is a moshav in the central Arabah valley in Israel. Located south of the Dead Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council. It was founded in 1960 as an agriculture farm with the name "Horvet Hasava "....
     (moshav)
  • Ein Tamar
    Ein Tamar

    Ein Tamar is a moshav in the northern Arabah valley in Israel. Located south of the Dead Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council....
     (moshav)
  • Neve Zohar
    Neve Zohar

    Neve Zohar is a communal settlement in the South District of Israel, in the Tamar Regional Council. It is located on the junction of Highway 31 and Highway 90 , on the shores of the Dead Sea and 23 km from Arad, Israel by road....
     (communal settlement
    Communal settlement (Israel)

    A communal settlement in Israel is type of cooperative community that in contrast to a kibbutz or a moshav involves no economic cooperation between the residents....
    )


Ir Ovot
Ir Ovot

Ir Ovot was an kibbutz in Israel, located in the northeastern Negev's Arabah region, and still refers to a small, unincorporated group of homes, mostly inhabited by a Messianic Judaism group and members of the Evangelicalism group "Blossoming Rose." Ir Ovot is also the site of an extensive archaeological complex known as Hatzeva Fortre...
 was disbanded as a kibbutz in the mid-1980s, but an unincorporated group of families still live on the site.

External links


  • MoU signed to advance sustainable development in the Southern Dead Sea Basin, article by Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), published January 18, 2007