Shoham
Shoham is a town in the Central District of Israel. The name relates to one of the 12 stones on the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest, similar to other nearby towns: Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Shoham Forest Park and Bayt Nabala.
Logistics corps Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Arif and Bareket.
Shoham
- Type: Town with 21,000 residents
- Description: local council in Israel
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.00048° or 32° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude
34.94654° or 34° 56′ 48″ east
Population
21,000
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IL SAM
Open location code
8G4P2W2W+5J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Shoham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شوهام”
- Chinese: “索哈姆”
- Czech: “Šoham”
- Dutch: “Shoham”
- Dutch: “Sjoham”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شوهام”
- Finnish: “Shoham”
- French: “Shoham”
- German: “Schoham”
- Hebrew: “שהם”
- Hebrew: “שוהם”
- Irish: “Shoham”
- Italian: “Shoham”
- Japanese: “ショハム”
- Mongolian: “Шохам”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shoham”
- Persian: “شوهام، منطقه مسکونی”
- Persian: “شوهام”
- Polish: “Szoham”
- Russian: “Шохам”
- Scots: “Shoham”
- Silesian: “Szoham”
- Turkish: “Şoham”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Beit Arif and Tirat Yehuda.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: אולם ספורט צוקים and Culture center.
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