Shafir
Shafir is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,074.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kfar Warburg Millitery Cemetery.
Kfar Warburg Millitery Cemetery
Cemetery
Kfar Warburg Millitery Cemetery is situated 3 km north of Shafir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Tzurim and Merkaz Shapira.
Ein Tzurim
Village
Ein Tzurim is a religious kibbutz in southern Israel. Located south of Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council and is a member of the Religious Kibbutz Movement. In 2024 it had a population of 881.
Merkaz Shapira
Village
Merkaz Shapira is a religious village in the Southern District of Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah between Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,962.
Avigdor
Village
Avigdor a small moshav in southern Israel. Located south of Kiryat Malakhi and 11 km north of Kiryat Gat and covering 3.75 km², it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2024 its population was 947.
Shafir
- Type: Village with 920 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Categories: moshav, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.69706° or 31° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
34.72843° or 34° 43′ 42″ east
Population
920
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
8G3PMPWH+R9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Shafir” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Šafir”
- Czech: “Shafir”
- French: “Shafir”
- Hebrew: “שפיר”
- Hungarian: “Shafir”
- Hungarian: “שָׁפִיר”
- Irish: “Shafir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shafir”
- Persian: “شفیر”
- Polish: “Shafir”
- Polish: “Szafir”
- Russian: “Шафир”
- Turkish: “Şafir”
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