The Yizre'el Valley Natural Region or Jezreel Valley Natural Region is a natural region in the Jezreel Subdistrict, in the Northern District of Israel. Afula is the largest city in the natural region.
Geography
The natural region contains most of the Jezreel Valley, a wide, low agricultural valley drained by the Kishon River. It is adjacent to the West Bank. It has an area of 297 km2.https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/CBSNewBrand/Pages/community.aspx?semel=234&mode=EzorTivi The largest city is Afula, containing 64 percent of the natural region's population. There are no other towns in the natural region with more than 5,000 inhabitants.
Demographics Jews constitute a large majority of the population, at 89 percent. 9 percent of the population is Arab, concentrated in the towns of Muqeible, Sulam, and Ed-Dahi.
Administrative local authorities Cities Local Councils Villages Afula[None] Bustan al-Marj Sulam ed-Dahi Gilboa: Adirim Avital Barak Dvora Gadish Magen Sha'ul Mele'a Meitav Merkaz Hever Merkaz Ya'el Muqeible Nir Yafe Omen Prazon Ram-On Yizre'el Jezreel Valley: Ahuzat Barak Balfouria Dovrat Gevat Ginegar HaYogev Kfar Baruch Kfar Gid'on Merhavia (kibbutz) Merhavia (moshav) Mizra Nahalal Ramat David Sarid Tel Adashim Yifat Megiddo: Givat Oz Megiddo Midrach Oz Mishmar HaEmek
Voting Patterns In the 2022 election, 55 percent of voters in the natural region voted for the parties of the right-wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu, while 40 percent voted for the parties of the center-left coalition led by Yair Lapid and 5 percent voted for the Arab parties.
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