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Jerusalem District

Yad HaShmona

Yad HaShmona is a small moshav shitufi in central . Located in the Judean Mountains near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 259.
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  • Type: Village with 293 residents
  • Description: Christian-Messianic moshav in Israel
  • Also known as: “Jadi”, “moshav Yad HaShmona”, “Yad Hashemona”, “Yad HaShemona”, “Yad Hashmona”, and “YadHaShmona”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh and Saint Mary of the Resurrection Abbey.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in , .

Monastery
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Resurrection Church, or the Church of the Crusaders in Abu Gosh, is the name given to a Catholic religious building consisting of a structure of the time of the Crusaders who belonged to the Knights Hospitaller, and today is a part of the , in central .

Police station
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Ilan and Kiryat Ye’arim.

Village
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is a moshav shitufi in central . Located west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,019.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kiryat Ye'arim, also known as Telz-Stone, is a strictly Orthodox town in the of . It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name.

Village
Sho'eva is a moshav in central . Located west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 577.

Yad HaShmona

Latitude
31.80947° or 31° 48′ 34″ north
Longitude
35.0902° or 35° 5′ 25″ east
Population
293
Elevation
693 metres (2,274 feet)
Inception
1974
Open location code
8G3QR35R+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6127950145
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8183194
Wiki­data ID
Q2915704
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Yad HaShmona” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “‫ يد هشمونا”
  • Arabic: “ياد هاشمونا”
  • Czech: “Jad ha-Šmona”
  • Czech: “Yad HaShemona”
  • Czech: “Yad HaShmona”
  • Finnish: “Jad Hashmona”
  • Finnish: “Jad HaShmona”
  • Finnish: “Jad hasmona”
  • French: “Yad HaShmona”
  • Hebrew: “Yad HaShmona”
  • Hebrew: “יד השמונה”
  • Hebrew: “מושב יד השמונה”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “‫ يد هشمونا”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “ياد هاشمونا”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yad HaShmona”
  • Polish: “Jad ha-Szemona”
  • Polish: “Yad HaShemona”
  • Romanian: “Yad HaShmona”
  • Romanian: “Yad HaȘmona”
  • Turkish: “Yad HaŞmona”

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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 “Yad HaShmona”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.