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The following is a list of communities in modern Gush Etzion.
| Name | Founded | Population (EOY 2008) |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alon Shvut | 1970 | 3,400 | Communal settlement |
| Bat Ayin | 1989 | 900 | Communal settlement |
| Beitar Illit | 1985 | 38,800 | Independent municipality |
| Efrat | 1983 | 8,300 | Independent municipality |
| Elazar | 1975 | 1,706 | Communal settlement |
| Karmei Tzur | 1984 | 700 | Communal settlement |
| Kedar | 1984 | 960 | Communal settlement |
| Kfar Eldad | 1994 | 120 | Communal settlement |
| Kfar Etzion | 1967 | 820 | Kibbutz |
| Gva'ot | 1984 | 75 | Communal settlement |
| Har Gilo | 1968 | 570 | Communal settlement |
| Ibei HaNahal | 1999 | 50 | Outpost |
| Ma'ale Amos | 1982 | 270 | Communal settlement |
| Ma'ale Rehav'am | 2001 | 40 | Outpost |
| Metzad | 1984 | 380 | Communal settlement |
| Migdal Oz | 1977 | 440 | Kibbutz |
| Neve Daniel | 1982 | 1,883 | Communal settlement |
| Nokdim | 1982 | 1300 | Communal settlement |
| Pnei Kedem | 2000 | 100 | Outpost |
| Rosh Tzurim | 1969 | 560 | Kibbutz |
| Sde Boaz | 2002 | 90 | Outpost |
| Tekoa, Gush Etzion | 1975 | 1600 | Communal settlement |
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