Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona is a city in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanese border. In 2024, it had a population of 24,437. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city.
- Type: Town with 22,100 residents
- Description: city in Israel
- Also known as: “Al Khalisa”, “El Khalisa”, “Halasa”, “Halsa”, “Khalasah”, “Kiriat Şmona”, “Kirjat Šemona”, “Kiryat Schmonah”, “Kiryat Shemoneh”, “Kiryat Szmona”, “Kiryat-Chemoná”, “Kyriat Shmona”, “Qiriat-Chemoná”, “Qiryat Shemona”, “Qiryat Shemonah”, “Qiryat Shmona”, “Qiryat Xemona”, “QiryatShmona”, “Shemona Kiryat”, “Кирьят Шемона”, “Кирьят Шмона”, “Кирьят-Шемона”, “קריית יוסף”, “קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה”, “کریات شمونا”, “کریات شمونه”, “کریات شیمونه”, and “谢莫纳”
Places of Interest
Highlights: El Khalisa and Burgeranch.
Burgeranch
Fast food restaurant
Yeshivat Hesder Kiryat Shemona
University building
Yeshivat Hesder Kiryat Shemona is a university building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galilee Panhandle and Margaliyyot.
Margaliyyot
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.Manara
Village
Kiryat Shmona
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.20747° or 33° 12′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.57078° or 35° 34′ 15″ east
Population
22,100
Elevation
122 metres (400 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q6H4C+X8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kiryat Shmona” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كريات شمونة”
- Armenian: “Կիրյաթ Շմոնա”
- Asturian: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Basque: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Catalan: “Qiryat Xemonà”
- Cebuano: “Qiryat Shemona”
- Central Kurdish: “کیریات شمۆنێ”
- Chinese: “謝莫納城”
- Chinese: “谢莫纳城”
- Chinese: “谢莫纳镇”
- Croatian: “Kirjat Šmona”
- Czech: “Kirjat Šmona”
- Danish: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Dutch: “Kirjat Sjmona”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كريات شمونه”
- Esperanto: “Kirjat Ŝmona”
- Finnish: “Kirjat Shmona”
- French: “Kiryat Shmona”
- French: “Qiryat Shemona”
- Georgian: “კირიათ-შმონა”
- German: “Kirjat Schmona”
- Greek: “Κιριάτ Σμονά”
- Hebrew: “קריית שמונה”
- Hebrew: “קרית שמונה”
- Hindi: “किर्यत शमोना”
- Indonesian: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Irish: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Italian: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Japanese: “キリヤット・シュモナ”
- Kalaallisut: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Korean: “키르야트시모나”
- Ladino: “Kiryat Shimona”
- Lithuanian: “Kirjat Šmona”
- Manx: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Mingrelian: “კირიათ-შმონა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qiryat Shemona”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Norwegian: “Qiryat Shemona”
- Persian: “کریاتشمونا”
- Polish: “Kirjat Szemona”
- Polish: “Kirjat Szmona”
- Portuguese: “Qiryat-Chemoná”
- Portuguese: “Quriate-Chemoná”
- Romanian: “Kiriat Șmona”
- Russian: “Кирьят-Шмона”
- Scots: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Serbian: “Кирјат Шмона”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kirjat Šmona”
- Silesian: “Kirjat Szemona”
- Slovenian: “Kirjat Šmona”
- Spanish: “Kiryat Shemona”
- Spanish: “Qiryat Shemona”
- Swahili: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Swedish: “Qiryat Shemona”
- Tagalog: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Turkish: “Kiryat Şmona”
- Ukrainian: “Кір’ят-Шмона”
- Urdu: “کریات شمونہ”
- Vietnamese: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Yiddish: “קרית שמונה”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Zeev Jabotinsky and Bne Beitecha.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: The National Insurance Institute and Arts center.
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