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Regional council

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.

District	Southern
Government
• Head of Municipality	Adir Neeman
Area
• Total	81,860 dunams (81.86 km or 31.61 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,300
• Density	130/km (330/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

Villages

v t e Shafir Regional Council
Kibbutzim	Ein Tzurim
Moshavim	Eitan Komemiyut Masu'ot Yitzhak No'am Revaha Shalva Shafir Uza Zavdiel Zrahia
Other villages	Aluma Even Shmuel Merkaz Shapira

v t e Regional councils of Israel
Center District	Brenner Drom HaSharon Gan Raveh Gederot Gezer Hefer Valley Hevel Modi'in Hevel Yavne Hof HaSharon Lev HaSharon Nahal Sorek Sdot Dan
Haifa District	Alona Hof HaCarmel Menashe Zevulun
Jerusalem District	Mateh Yehuda
Judea and Samaria Area	Gush Etzion Har Hevron Southern Jordan Valley (Bik'at HaYarden) Mateh Binyamin Megilot Dead Sea Shomron
North District	al-Batuf Bustan al-Marj Gilboa Golan Jezreel Valley Northern Jordan Valley (Emek HaYarden) Lower Galilee Ma'ale Yosef Mateh Asher Megiddo Merom HaGalil Mevo'ot HaHermon Misgav Upper Galilee Valley of Springs
South District	al-Kasom Be'er Tuvia Bnei Shimon Central Arava Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakhish Merhavim Neve Midbar Ramat HaNegev Sha'ar HaNegev Sdot Negev (Azata) Shafir Tamar Yoav

v t e Southern District of Israel
Cities	Arad Ashdod Ashkelon Beersheba Dimona Eilat Kiryat Gat Kiryat Malakhi Netivot Ofakim Rahat Sderot
Local councils	Ar'arat an-Naqab Hura Kuseife Lakiya Lehavim Meitar Mitzpe Ramon Omer Shaqib al-Salam Tel as-Sabi Yeruham
Regional councils	al-Kasom Be'er Tuvia Bnei Shimon Central Arava Eshkol Hevel Eilot Hof Ashkelon Lakhish Merhavim Neve Midbar Ramat HaNegev Sdot Negev (Azata) Sha'ar HaNegev Shafir Tamar Yoav
See also	Beersheba metropolitan area Negev Arabah
Other sub-divisions: Central District Haifa District Jerusalem District Judea and Samaria Area Northern District Tel Aviv District

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