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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  • Village with about 11,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,200 metres (3,940 feet)
  • Description: Druze village in the Golan Heights
  • Also known as
    “Druze fella”
    “Majd el Chams”
    “Majdal-esh-Shems”

Places of Interest

Discover Shouting hill and XO.
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Peak
is a hill in the .
Theipu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Restaurant
is a restaurant.
אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reservoir
is a crater lake in the northeastern…
4 km south of Majdal Shams

Villages in the Area

Discover Neve Ativ and Nimrod.
Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village
, is an Israeli settlement organized as a small -styled moshav in the .
3 km west of Majdal Shams
is a small Israeli settlement organized…
3 km southwest of Majdal Shams
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Village
Mas'ade is a Druze village in southwestern Syria, in the , .
4½ km south of Majdal Shams

Majdal Shams

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Latitude
33.26843° or 33° 16′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.76937° or 35° 46′ 10″ east
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.
مجدل الشمسArabic
مجدل شمس.‎Arabic
Majdal ShamsCatalan
迈季代勒舍姆斯Chinese
Madždal ŠamsCzech
Majdal ShamsDutch
مجدل شمسEgyptian Arabic
Maĵdal ŜamsEsperanto
Majdal ŠamsFinnish
Majdal ShamsFinnish
Majdal ShamsFrench
Madschdal SchamsGerman
Majdal ShamsGerman
Ματζντάλ ΣαμςGreek
מַגְ‘דַל שַׁמְסHebrew
Majdal ShamsIndonesian
マジダル・シャムスJapanese
マジュダル・シャムスJapanese
마즈달 샴스Korean
Majdal ShamsNorwegian Nynorsk
مجدل شمسPersian
Madżdal SzamsPolish
Мадждаль-ШамсRussian
Maždal ŠamsSlovenian
Druze fellaSpanish
Majdal ShamsSpanish
Majdal ShamsSwedish
Majdal ŞamsTurkish

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