Shafir
מועצה אזורית שפיר‎
مجلس إقليمي شفير
Regional council (from 1950)
Guvrin Stream, sketching the border between the regional municipalities of Shafir and Be'er Tuvia.
Guvrin Stream, sketching the border between the regional municipalities of Shafir and Be'er Tuvia.
Location of Shafir
Map
Interactive map of Shafir
District Southern
Government
 • Head of Municipality Adir Neeman
Area
 • Total
81,860 dunams (81.86 km2; 31.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
10,300
 • Density 126/km2 (326/sq mi)
Website Official website

Shafir Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית שפיר, Mo'atza Azorit Shafir) is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel near the city of Kiryat Gat.

The council is bordered on the north by the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, on the east by Yoav Regional Council and Kiryat Gat, on the south by Lakhish Regional Council, and on the west by Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, Yoav Regional Council.

The council is named for the Biblical city of Shafir.

List of settlements

Kibbutz

  • Ein Tzurim

Moshavim

  • Eitan
  • Komemiyut
  • Masu'ot Yitzhak
  • No'am
  • Revaha
  • Shalva
  • Shafir
  • Uza
  • Zavdiel
  • Zrahia

Villages

  • Aluma
  • Even Shmuel
  • Merkaz Shapira
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