The Eshcol 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 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 the north-western Negev

Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...

, in Israel

Israel

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's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon

Ashkelon

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 and Beersheba

Beersheba

Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300....

, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip

thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...

 while the eastern border abuts the territory of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council

Bnei Shimon Regional Council

The Bnei Shimon Regional Council , is a regional council in the northern Negev in the south of Israel. Most of its territory lies north of Beersheba and the rest bounds Beersheba on the west and east sides as well. The eastern border of this territory straddles the Green Line.There are 13...

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Transport

Eshcol Regional Council is linked to Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 by Egged Ta'avura

Egged Ta'avura

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 bus route 379, and to
Be'er Sheva

Beersheba

Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300....

 by Egged Ta'avura bus route 35.

Kibbutz

Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...

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• Be'eri
  Be'eri
  Be'eri is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 774.-History:...
  
  
• Ein HaShlosha
  Ein Hashlosha
  Ein HaShlosha is a kibbutz in the western Negev desert in Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.-History:The kibbutz was named named in memory of three of the founding members who were killed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and it was established during the 1950s by...
  
  
• Gvulot
  Gvulot
  Gvulot is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 239....
  
  
• Magen

• Nir Oz
  Nir Oz
  Nir Oz is a kibbutz in southern Israel. It is located in the northwestern Negev desert between Magen and Nirim, and covers 20,000 dunams. Nir Oz is under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 348...
  
  
• Nir Yitzhak
• Nirim
  Nirim
  Nirim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev in Israel. Located near the border with the Gaza Strip, about 7 kilometers east of Khan Yunis, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council...
  
  
• Holit
  Holit
  Holit is a kibbutz in the Hevel Shalom region of south-west Israel. Located near Nir Yitzhak, the kibbutz is under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. It has a population of around 120 people.- History :...
  
  

• Kerem Shalom
  Kerem Shalom
  Kerem Shalom is a kibbutz in the Eshkol Regional Council and a border crossing near the meeting of the Gaza Strip-Israel-Egypt borders.- Kibbutz :The kibbutz was founded in 1966 adjacent to the triborder area by members of Hashomer Hatzair...
  
  
• Kissufim
  Kissufim
  Kissufim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel. Located adjacent to the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. It sits at an altitude of 92 metres above sea level.- History :...
  
  
• Re'im
  Re'im
  Re'im is a secular kibbutz in southern Israel, and one of the Gaza vicinity villages. Located at the confluence of Besor Stream and Gerar Stream in the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council...
  
  

• Sufa
  Sufa, Israel
  Sufa is a kibbutz in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev and a border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.-The kibbutz:The kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 241...
  
  
• Tze'elim
  Tze'elim
  Tze'elim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council and has a population of 418 in 2006....
  
  
• Urim
  Urim, Israel
  Urim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near the border of the Gaza Strip and about 30 kilometers west of Beersheba, the kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council.-History:...
  
  

Moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

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• Amioz
  Amioz
  Ami'oz is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 249....
  
  
• Ein HaBesor
  Ein HaBesor
  Ein HaBesor is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip and around a kilometre from Magen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 684...
  
  
• Dekel
  Dekel
  Dekel , officially Dekel-Kfar Shitufi is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Egypt-Gaza Strip-Israel border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council...
  
  
• Mivtahim
  Mivtahim
  Mivtahim is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border and covering an area of 4,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 335.-History:The settlement was...
  
  

• Ohad
  Ohad, Israel
  Ohad is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. Founded in 1969 by Olim from various countries...
  
  
• Peri Gan
  Peri Gan
  Pri Gan , also known as Prigan, is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council...
  
  
• Sde Nitzan
  Sde nitzan
  Sde Nitzan is a moshav located near Beersheba in the northern Negev desert in Israel. Located 12 km east of Kerem Shalom, in 2005 it had a population of about 250. The name is symbolic, and is an approximate translation of the name of a Jewish philanthropist named Bloomfield . It was...
  
  

• Sdei Avraham
  Sdei Avraham
  Sdei Avraham is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council...
  
  
• Talmei Eliyahu
  Talmei Eliyahu
  Talmei Eliyahu is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 186....
  
  
• Talmei Yosef
  Talmei Yosef
  Talmei Yosef is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 178....
  
  

• Yated
• Yesha
• Yevul
  Yevul
  Yevul is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Shalom area of the north-western Negev desert near the Gaza Strip–Egypt border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. Founded in 1981 by evacuees from Sinai...
  
  

Other locations

• Avshalom
  Avshalom, Israel
  -External links:* Negev Information Centre...
  
  
• Tzochar
• Shlomit
  Shlomit
  Shlomit is a village in the Negev desert of Southern Israel, located some 700 meters from the Egyptian border. The settlement currently consists of mobile structures expected to be replaced by permanent housing. An industrial zone and educational institutions are also planned to be built there...