Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Kiryat Shmona

Kiryat Shmona is a city in the of on the western slopes of the near the border. In 2023 it had a population of 24,254. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city.
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  • Type: Town with 22,100 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Al Khalisa”, “El Khalisa”, “Halasa”, “Halsa”, “Khalasah”, “Kiryat Shemona”, “Kiryat Shemoneh”, “Qiryat Shemona”, “Qiryat Shemonah”, “Qiryat Shmona”, “QiryatShmona”, and “Shemona Kiryat”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gold Park and El Khalisa.

Park
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Ruins
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Al-Khalisa was a Palestinian Arab village situated on a low hill on the northwestern edge of the of over 1,800 located 28 kilometers north of Safad. It was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war.

Fast food restaurant
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, also known as Burger Ranch, is an Israeli fast-food chain. In 2010, the chain included 107 restaurants with over 1500 employees, competing primarily with McDonald's Israel and Burger King Israel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galilee Panhandle and Margaliyyot.

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The is the northernmost part of , a narrow strip of land running north-south.

Village
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Margaliot is a moshav in northern . Located on the Naftali Mountains of the , near the Lebanese border and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 457. is situated 2½ km west of Kiryat Shmona.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the Naftali Mountains of the , near the Lebanese border and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 311. is situated 3 km southwest of Kiryat Shmona.

Kiryat Shmona

Latitude
33.20747° or 33° 12′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.57078° or 35° 34′ 15″ east
Population
22,100
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
IATA airport code
KSW
United Nations Location Codes
IL KSW and IL QIS
Open location code
8G5Q6H4C+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278475691
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293825
Wiki­data ID
Q327413
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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 Shmona”
  • Catalan: “Qiryat Xemona”
  • Catalan: “Qiryat Xemonà”
  • Cebuano: “Qiryat Shemona”
  • Chinese: “謝莫納城”
  • Chinese: “谢莫纳”
  • Chinese: “谢莫纳城”
  • Chinese: “谢莫纳镇”
  • Croatian: “Kirjat Šmona”
  • Croatian: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Šemona”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Šmona”
  • Danish: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Dutch: “Kirjat Sjmona”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Shemona”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Dutch: “Qiryat Shemona”
  • Dutch: “Qiryat Shmona”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريات شمونه”
  • Esperanto: “Kirjat Ŝmona”
  • Finnish: “Kirjat Shmona”
  • French: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • French: “Kyriat Shmona”
  • French: “Qiryat Shemona”
  • Georgian: “კირიათ-შმონა”
  • German: “Kirjat Schmona”
  • German: “Kiryat Schmonah”
  • German: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Greek: “Κιριάτ Σμονά”
  • Hebrew: “קריית יוסף”
  • 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 Šemona”
  • Lithuanian: “Kirjat Šmona”
  • Manx: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Mingrelian: “კირიათ-შმონა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qiryat Shemona”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Norwegian: “Qiryat Shemona”
  • Persian: “کریات شمونا”
  • Persian: “کریات شمونه”
  • Persian: “کریات شیمونه”
  • Persian: “کریات‌شمونا”
  • Polish: “Kirjat Szemona”
  • Polish: “Kirjat Szmona”
  • Polish: “Kiryat Szmona”
  • Portuguese: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Portuguese: “Kiryat-Chemoná”
  • Portuguese: “Qiriat-Chemoná”
  • Portuguese: “Qiryat Shemona”
  • Portuguese: “Qiryat-Chemoná”
  • Portuguese: “Quriate-Chemoná”
  • Romanian: “Kiriat Şmona”
  • Romanian: “Kiriat Șmona”
  • Russian: “Кирьят Шемона”
  • Russian: “Кирьят Шмона”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Шемона”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Шмона”
  • Scots: “Kiryat Shmona”
  • Scots: “קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה”
  • 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: “קריית שמונה”
  • Yiddish: “קרית שמונה”

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