Gilboa
הגלבוע | |
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Regional council (from 1949) | |
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| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Head of Municipality | Ovad Nur |
| Area | |
• Total | 252,100 dunams (252.1 km2 or 97.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 28,300 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website |
Gilboa Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית הגלבוע, Mo'atza Azorit (ha)Gilbo'a) is a regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements as of 2007. The size of the area is about 250,000 acres.
It is bordered on the north and west by the Jezreel Valley and the Jezreel Valley Regional Council; on the east by the Beit She'an Valley and the Beit She'an Valley Regional Council, and on the south by the West Bank's Samarian mountains.