Shimshit
Shimshit is a secular community settlement in northern Israel. Located to the north-west of Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 2,249.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ma’agar Eshkol.
Ma’agar Eshkol
Reservoir
Photo: אלמוג, Public domain.
Ma’agar Eshkol is a reservoir, which is situated 4 km north of Shimshit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Givat Ela and HaSolelim.
Givat Ela
Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Givat Ela is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Ilut and Zarzir, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,830.
HaSolelim
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HaSolelim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, Nazareth and Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 961.
Ilut
Village
Photo: Dtalpk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilut, also spelt ʿAilut, is an Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1991. In 2023 its population was 8,894.
Shimshit
- Type: Village with 2,510 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Categories: community settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.73308° or 32° 43′ 59″ northLongitude
35.2468° or 35° 14′ 49″ eastPopulation
2,510Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)Open location code
8G4QP6MW+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 611889457OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Turkish—“Shimshit” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሺምሺት”
- Arabic: “شمشيت”
- Arabic: “شيمشيت”
- Czech: “Shimshit”
- Czech: “Šimšit”
- Dutch: “Shimshit”
- French: “Shimshit”
- Hebrew: “שימשית”
- Hebrew: “שמשית”
- Hebrew: “שִׁמְשִׁית”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shimshit”
- Polish: “Shimshit”
- Polish: “Szimszit”
- Turkish: “Şimşit”
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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 “Shimshit”. Photo: Almog, Public domain.