Middle East
Israel
Central District

Kfar Shmuel

Kfar Shmuel is a moshav in central . Located in the around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 953.
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  • Type: Village with 956 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kefar Shmuel” and “KfarShmu’el”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Gezer and Ayalon Cave.

Peak
Gezer, or , in Arabic: تل الجزر – Tell Jezar or Tell el-Jezari is an archaeological site in the foothills of the at the border of the Shfela region roughly midway between and . is situated 3½ km south of Kfar Shmuel.

Cave
Photo: חובב אפלולית, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a large limestone cave near , , with a worldwide unique ecosystem. As photosynthesis is not possible inside the completely dark cave, the food chain that developed inside is solely based on bacteria capable of chemosynthesis: the…

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paatei Modi'in railway station is the next-to-last station on the -Modi'in Israel Railways line, serving the residents of Modi'in. It was opened in September 2007. is situated 2½ km east of Kfar Shmuel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Hashmonai and Gezer.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a community settlement in central . Located five kilometers south-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023, it had a population of 2,162.

Village
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in central . Located in the between Modi'in, Ramle and , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 427.

Village
is a moshav in central . Located between and on the old - road, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 605.

Kfar Shmuel

Latitude
31.88914° or 31° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
34.93281° or 34° 55′ 58″ east
Population
956
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Open location code
8G3PVWQM+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278471104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294507
Wiki­data ID
Q2890154
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Kfar Shmuel” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Kefar Shemu’el”
  • Czech: “Kefar Shemuel”
  • Czech: “Kfar Shmu’el”
  • Czech: “Kfar Shmuel”
  • Czech: “Kfar Šmu’el”
  • Czech: “Kfar Šmuel”
  • French: “Kfar Shmuel”
  • Hebrew: “Kefar Shemu’él”
  • Hebrew: “Kfar Shmu’el”
  • Hebrew: “כפר שמואל”
  • Hebrew: “כְּפַר שְׁמוּאֵל”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kfar Shmuel”
  • Polish: “Kefar Szemu’el”
  • Polish: “Kfar Shmu’el”
  • Polish: “Kfar Szmuel”
  • Russian: “Кфар-Шмуэль”
  • Turkish: “Kfar Şmuel”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kfar Shmuel”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.