Valley of Springs Regional Council (,
Mo'atza Azorit Emeq Hamaayanot), known until 2008 as the
Beit She'an Valley Regional Council (,
Mo'atza Azorit Bik'at Beit She'an) is a
regional council in the
Northern District of
Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the
Beit She'an Valley. The territory of the regional council is bounded by the
Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the
Lower Galilee, to the east by the
Jordan River, and the south by the
Jordan Valley and
Samarian hills. About 9700 people live in the sixteen
kibbutzim, and six
moshavim located in its municipal territory. The city of
Beit She'an lies in the centre of the territory, but is an independent municipality.