Middle East
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Southern District

Shekef

Shekef is a moshav in south-central . Located southeast of and west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 635.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ed Dawayima.

Ruins
Al-Dawayima, Dawaymeh or Dawayma was a Palestinian town, located in the former Hebron Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, and in what is now the Lakhish region, some 15 kilometres south-east of . is situated 3 km northwest of Shekef.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Awwa and Eliav.

Town
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian town in the southern , in the of the State of Palestine, located 22 kilometers west of and 4 kilometers west of Dura.

Village
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is a communal settlement in south-central . Located in Hevel Lakhish, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 823.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bnei Dekalim is a community settlement in southern . It falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council and had a population of 1,844 in 2023.

Shekef

Latitude
31.51465° or 31° 30′ 53″ north
Longitude
34.93629° or 34° 56′ 11″ east
Population
501
Elevation
417 metres (1,368 feet)
Open location code
8G3PGW7P+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91731390
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8183896
Wiki­data ID
Q2890389
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Ukrainian—“Shekef” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Šekef”
  • Czech: “Shekef”
  • Czech: “Sheqef”
  • French: “Shekef”
  • Hebrew: “שקף”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shekef”
  • Polish: “Sheqef”
  • Polish: “Szekef”
  • Spanish: “Shekef”
  • Turkish: “Şekef”
  • Ukrainian: “Шекеф”

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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 “Shekef”. Photo: ConstantinetheGreat, CC BY-SA 3.0.