Saturday, October 01, 2011

YESHA Stats

As we entered the new Hebrew year, 5772, תשע"ב, here are the stats of Judea and Samaria from the YESHA Council:-

4 municipalities
6 regional councils
13 local councils
140 communities
340,000 Israeli residents
48,000 dunams of agricultural production including vineyeards, olive groves, fruit orchards, flowers, organic vegetables
3 aquifers storing 50% of Israel's water resources
20 national parks and nature reserves with 1,000,000 visitors annually
80% of Bibilcal events and occurences took place in this area
45 religious sites
17,000 employed in indiustry and agriculture, 11,000 of whom are Arabs in 800 locations contained in 14 industiral parks

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1 comment:

Juniper in the Desert said...

Beautiful!! Baruch HaShem!!