Shim’a

Shim'a, also Yonadav, is an Israeli settlement in the , along the Green Line south of and . Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
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  • Type: Village with 886 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Shima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jattir.

Archaeological site
Photo: Shaofr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It was known as Iethira during the 4th century CE, when it was a Christian town. is situated 4 km south of Shim’a.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitzpe Eshtamoa and Khirbet Zanuta.

Hamlet
Eshtemoa, also transcribed Ashtemoe, Eshtemo, and Esthama, was an ancient city in the , specifically in the southern Hebron Hills, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.

Hamlet
was a Palestinian Bedouin village in the in the southern , located 20 kilometers south of . It was ethnically cleansed during the 2023 Gaza war. is situated 2½ km southwest of Shim’a.

Village
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Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the . Located three kilometres south-east of Shim'a, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. is situated 3½ km southeast of Shim’a.

Shim’a

Latitude
31.3876° or 31° 23′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.01331° or 35° 0′ 48″ east
Population
886
Elevation
618 metres (2,028 feet)
Open location code
8G3Q92Q7+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1268383059
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
281827
Wiki­data ID
Q246963
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Satellite Map

Discover Shim’a from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Shim’a” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمعة”
  • Czech: “Jonadav”
  • Czech: “Shim’a”
  • Czech: “Šim’a”
  • Czech: “Yonadav”
  • Dutch: “Shim’a”
  • French: “Shim’a”
  • Hebrew: “שמעה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shim’a”
  • Persian: “شیمعا”
  • Polish: “Szim’a”
  • Polish: “Szima”
  • Russian: “Шима (поселение)”
  • Russian: “Шима”
  • Urdu: “شمعہ”
  • Urdu: “یوناداو”

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Localities in the Area

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