Middle East
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Southern District

Shkhunat Shimshon

Shkhunat Shimshon is a locality in , . Shkhunat Shimshon is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the abandoned locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Barzilai Medical Center and Ni`ilya.

Hospital
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
is a 600-bed district general hospital in , opened in 1961. The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including a large number of Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, and has more than 100,000 admissions annually.

Ruins
Ni'ilya was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on November 4, 1948, under Operation Yo'av.

Sports venue
A.S. Elitzur Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in in south west . The club currently plays in Israeli National League. The team is named after the late Itamar Sharvit, who has been Elizur Ashkelon's maintenance manager for 18 years.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashkelon and Bat Hadar.

Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Ashqelon Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān; is a city on the Mediterranean coast of , 50 km to the south of .

Village
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is a community settlement in southern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 661. is situated 3½ km east of Shkhunat Shimshon.

Village
Photo: Ditiha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mavki'im is a moshav in southern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 515. is situated 4 km southeast of Shkhunat Shimshon.

Shkhunat Shimshon

Latitude
31.65397° or 31° 39′ 14″ north
Longitude
34.55823° or 34° 33′ 30″ east
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
8G3PMH35+H7
Geo­Names ID
9030585
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In Other Languages

“Shkhunat Shimshon” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “Shkhunat Shimshon”
  • Hebrew: “שכונת שמשון”

Localities in the Area

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