The Elon Natural Region is a natural region in the Acre Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Hurfeish is the largest city in the natural region.
Geography
The natural region contains a diverse swath of small towns close to Israel's border with Lebanon, north of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Bayt Jann. It has an area of 134 km2.https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/CBSNewBrand/Pages/community.aspx?semel=244&mode=EzorTivi It is the least populous natural region in the Acre subdistrict. Hurfeish is the largest town, but contains less than a third of the natural region's population. Other towns in the natural region are Fassuta, Aramsha, and its namesake kibbutz, Eilon.
Demographics The natural region has a slight majority of Arabs, while 45 percent of its population is Jewish. Hurfeish is a Druze town, while Fassuta is a Christian town and Aramsha is a Bedouin town. The roughly twenty small kibbutzim in the natural region are populated by Jews.
Administrative local authorities Cities Local Councils Villages [None] Fassuta Hurfeish Ma'ale Yosef: Abirim Avdon Elkosh Even Menachem Goren Gornot HaGalil Mattat Netu'a Shtula Shomera Ya'ara Zar'it Matte Asher: Adamit Arab al-Aramshe Eilon Hanita Matzuva Merom HaGalil: Dovev Upper Galilee: Bar'am Sasa Tziv'on Yir'on
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 58 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid, while 28 percent voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu and 14 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the Arab parties.
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