Kiryat Shmona
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| Kiryat Shmona | |||
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |||
| - Ebreu | קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה, קריית שמונה | ||
| - ISO 259 | Qiryat Šmona | ||
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  Kiryat Shmona
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| Coordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°34′11″E / 33.2075°N 35.56972°E | |||
| Destrict | North | ||
| Foondit | Mey 1949 | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Heid o Municipality | Nissim Malka | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Tot | 9,960 dunams (10 km2 / 3.8 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2007)[1] | |||
| - Tot | 23,100 | ||
| Name meaning | Ceety o Aicht | ||
Kiryat Shmona (Ebreu: קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה, lit. Ceety o the Aicht) is a ceety locatit in the North Destrict o Israel on the wastren slopes o the Hula Valley on the Lebanese border. The ceety wis named for the aicht fowk, includin Joseph Trumpeldor, who dee'd in 1920 defendin Tel Hai. The day, aboot ane-third o Kiryat Shmona's population o 23,100[1] are younger than 19, an the majority o its inhabitants are Jews, particularly o Sephardic descent. Locatit near the Israel-Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northrenmaist ceety.
References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2010-30-06). Retrieved on 31 October 2010. .
