Hof Ashkelon Regional Council

Hof Ashkelon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית חוף אשקלון, Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon, lit. Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. As of the year 2019, its population is around 18,000.^[1]

Hof Ashkelon חוף אשקלון‎ حوف عسقلان
Regional council (from 1950)
District	Southern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Itamar Revivo
Area
• Total	175,310 dunams (175.31 km2 or 67.69 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	15,600
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Website	Official website

The council is bordered to the north by Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, to the east by the Be'er Tuvia, Lakhish, Shafir and Yoav Regional Councils, to the south by Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council and the Gaza Strip, and to the west by Ashkelon and the Mediterranean Sea. Its average elevation is 54 meters above the sea level.^[2]

List of communities

The council covers 19 communities, including five kibbutzim, eleven moshavim, two community settlements and a youth village.

Kibbutzim

• Gevaram
• Karmia
• Nitzanim
• Yad Mordechai
• Zikim

Moshavim

• Beit Shikma
• Berekhya
• Ge'a
• Heletz
• Hodiya
• Kokhav Michael
• Mashen
• Mavki'im
• Nir Yisrael
• Netiv HaAsara
• Talmei Yafeh

Community settlements

• Bat Hadar
• Be'er Ganim
• Nitzan
• Nitzan Bet

Youth villages

• Kfar Silver
• Nitzanim Youth Village (closed)