Kiryat Shmona

Kiryat Shmona is a city in the of on the western slopes of the near the border. In 2024, it had a population of 24,437. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city.
  • Town with about 23,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 210 metres (680 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KSW
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as
    “Al Khalisa”
    “El Khalisa”
    “Halasa”
    “Halsa”
    “Khalasah”
    “Kiryat Shemona”
    “Kiryat Shemoneh”
    “Qiryat Shemona”
    “Qiryat Shemonah”
    “Qiryat Shmona”
    “Shemona Kiryat”

Places of Interest

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Fast food restaurant
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University building
is a university building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galilee Panhandle and Margaliyyot.
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Village
Margaliot is a moshav in northern .
2½ km west of Kiryat Shmona
is a kibbutz in northern .
3 km southwest of Kiryat Shmona
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Latitude
33.20747° or 33° 12′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.57078° or 35° 34′ 15″ east
UN/LOCODE
IL KSW and IL QIS
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.
كريات شمونةArabic
Կիրյաթ ՇմոնաArmenian
Kiryat ShmonaAsturian
Kiryat ShmonaBasque
Qiryat ShmonaCatalan
Qiryat XemonàCatalan
Qiryat ShemonaCebuano
کیریات شمۆنێCentral Kurdish
謝莫納城Chinese
谢莫纳Chinese
谢莫纳城Chinese
谢莫纳镇Chinese
Kirjat ŠmonaCroatian
Kiryat ShmonaCroatian
Kirjat ŠemonaCzech
Kirjat ŠmonaCzech
Kiryat ShmonaDanish
Kirjat SjmonaDutch
Kiryat ShemonaDutch
Kiryat ShmonaDutch
Qiryat ShemonaDutch
Qiryat ShmonaDutch
كريات شمونهEgyptian Arabic
Kirjat ŜmonaEsperanto
Kirjat ShmonaFinnish
კირიათ-შმონაGeorgian
Κιριάτ ΣμονάGreek
קריית יוסףHebrew
קריית שמונהHebrew
קרית שמונהHebrew
किर्यत शमोनाHindi
Kiryat ShmonaIndonesian
Kiryat ShmonaIrish
Kiryat ShmonaItalian
キリヤット・シュモナJapanese
Kiryat ShmonaKalaallisut
키르야트시모나Korean
Kiryat ShimonaLadino
Kirjat ŠemonaLithuanian
Kirjat ŠmonaLithuanian
Kiryat ShmonaManx
კირიათ-შმონაMingrelian
Qiryat ShemonaNorwegian
Kiryat ShmonaNorwegian Bokmål
Qiryat ShemonaNorwegian Bokmål
Kiryat ShmonaNorwegian Nynorsk
کریات شمونهPersian
کریات شیمونهPersian
کریات‌شموناPersian
Kirjat SzemonaPolish
Kirjat SzmonaPolish
Kiryat SzmonaPolish
Kiriat ȘmonaRomanian
Кирьят ШемонаRussian
Кирьят-ШмонаRussian
Kiryat ShmonaScots
קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָהScots
Кирјат ШмонаSerbian
Kirjat ŠmonaSerbo-Croatian
Kirjat SzemonaSilesian
Kirjat ŠmonaSlovenian
Kiryat ShmonaSwahili
Qiryat ShemonaSwedish
Kiryat ShmonaTagalog
Kiryat ŞmonaTurkish
Кір’ят-ШмонаUkrainian
کریات شمونہUrdu
Kiryat ShmonaVietnamese
קריית שמונהYiddish
קרית שמונהYiddish

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