Shoham

Shoham is a town in the of . 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: , , and Ahlama.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Shoham Forest Park and Bayt Nabala.

Park
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Ruins
or Beit Nabala was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict in Palestine that was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The village was in the territory allotted to the Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan, which was rejected by Arab leaders and never implemented.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Arif and Bareket.

Village
Photo: Yitzchakm2, CC0.
is a moshav in the of . Located adjacent to the town of Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 1,137.

Village
Photo: Elhananha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a religious Zionist moshav in the of . Located near the town of Shoham and the , around five kilometres north-east of Ben Gurion International Airport and covering 2,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a national religious moshav in the of . Located near Shoham, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 1,256.

Shoham

Latitude
32.00048° or 32° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude
34.94654° or 34° 56′ 48″ east
Population
21,000
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL SAM
Open location code
8G4P2W2W+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 333111665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8428283
Wiki­data ID
Q304448
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Polish: “Szoham”
  • Russian: “Шохам”
  • Scots: “Shoham”
  • Silesian: “Szoham”
  • Turkish: “Şoham”

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