Yoav Regional Council is a regional council in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near the cities of Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon. It was founded in 1952, covering an area of 230,000 dunams, with a population of about 5,300.
The council is named after Yitzhak Dubnov, who was nicknamed "Yoav", and who fell while defending Negba in the Israeli War of Independence. Operation Yoav and Metzudat Yoav, which is located in the council's area, are also named after him.
The council contains two parts which are not contiguous geographically.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Regional_Council
Coordinates 31°40'24.068" N 34°49'5.152" E
