title: Upper Galilee Regional Council
text: # Upper Galilee Regional Council
  
  The Upper Galilee Regional Council (Hebrew: מוֹעָצָה אֲזוֹרִית הַגָּלִיל הַעֶלְיוֹן, translit. Mo'atza Azorit HaGalil HaElyon) is a regional council in Israel's Upper Galilee region, bordered by the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and the Golan Regional Council, as well as a border with southern Lebanon.
  
  The municipal area has a population of 15,500 and is headed by Giora Salz since December 2012, following 14 years by veteran Aharon Valenci. Its headquarters are located in Kiryat Shmona, an independent city not included in the council's jurisdiction.
  
  ## Communities
  
  The council consists of 29 kibbutzim:
  
  | Ami'ad Amir Ayelet HaShahar Bar'am Dan Dafna Gadot Gonen | HaGoshrim Hulata Kadarim Kfar Blum Kfar Giladi Kfar HaNassi Kfar Szold | Lehavot HaBashan Mahanayim Malkia Manara Ma'ayan Barukh Misgav Am Neot Mordechai | Sasa Sde Nehemia Shamir Snir Tzivon Yiftah Yir'on |
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