Majdal Shams

The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, and straddles the borders of and . Israel held about two-thirds of the territory until 2025, when it extended its control.
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  • Type: Village with 11,200 residents
  • Description: Druze village in the Golan Heights
  • Also known as: “Druze fella”, “Majd el Chams”, “Majdal-esh-Shems”, “Majdel Chams”, and “マジダル・シャムス”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shouting hill and XO.

Peak
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is a hill in the .

Restaurant
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is a restaurant.

Reservoir
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is a crater lake in the northeastern… is situated 4 km south of Majdal Shams.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Ativ and Nimrod.

Village
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, is an Israeli settlement organized as a small -styled moshav in the . is situated 3 km west of Majdal Shams.

Village
is a small Israeli settlement organized… is situated 3 km southwest of Majdal Shams.

Village
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Mas'ade is a village in southwestern Syria, in the , . is situated 4½ km south of Majdal Shams.

Majdal Shams

Latitude
33.26843° or 33° 16′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.76937° or 35° 46′ 10″ east
Population
11,200
Elevation
1,168 metres (3,832 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q7Q99+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2866107524
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
167444
Wiki­data ID
Q670612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Majdal Shams” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مجدل الشمس”
  • Arabic: “مجدل شمس.‎”
  • Arabic: “مجدل شمس”
  • Catalan: “Majdal Shams”
  • Chinese: “迈季代勒舍姆斯”
  • Czech: “Madždal Šams”
  • Dutch: “Majdal Shams”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مجدل شمس”
  • Esperanto: “Maĵdal Ŝams”
  • Finnish: “Majdal Šams”
  • Finnish: “Majdal Shams”
  • French: “Majdal Shams”
  • German: “Madschdal Schams”
  • Greek: “Ματζντάλ Σαμς”
  • Hebrew: “מג’דל שמס”
  • Hebrew: “מַגְ‘דַל שַׁמְס”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל שמס”
  • Indonesian: “Majdal Shams”
  • Japanese: “マジュダル・シャムス”
  • Korean: “마즈달 샴스”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Majdal Shams”
  • Persian: “مجدل شمس”
  • Polish: “Madżdal Szams”
  • Russian: “Мадждаль-Шамс”
  • Slovenian: “Maždal Šams”
  • Spanish: “Majdal Shams”
  • Swedish: “Majdal Shams”
  • Turkish: “Majdal Şams”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ein Qiniyye and Hader.

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Highlights: כיכר הכדורגל and עין אלקסב.

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