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French Hill

French Hill, also Giv'at Shapira is an Israeli settlement in northern . It is located on territory that has been occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967 and later unilaterally annexed by Israel under the Jerusalem Law, in a move internationally condemned as illegal, "null and void" under international law, in 1980.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Scopus and Jerusalem War Cemetery.

Peak
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Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

Cemetery
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The is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in for fallen servicemen of the Commonwealth in the World War I in the Palestine campaign.

Police station
The National Headquarters of the Israel Police is the headquarters of the Israel Police, located in in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Givat HaMivtar and Shuafat.

Suburb
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is an Israeli settlement and a neighborhood in established in 1970 between and French Hill. It is located on a hill where an important battle took place in the Six Day War.

Suburb
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, also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly Palestinian Arab neighborhood of , forming part of north-eastern . Located on the old Jerusalem– road about three miles north of the Old City, Shu'fat has a population of 35,000 residents.

Neighborhood
, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings in located between in the north, adjacent to in the east and in the west.

French Hill

Latitude
31.80402° or 31° 48′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.23828° or 35° 14′ 18″ east
Elevation
840 metres (2,756 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR63Q+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2081525607
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
12902537
Wiki­data ID
Q1455257
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“French Hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التلة الفرنسية”
  • Arabic: “تل الفرنسية”
  • Czech: “ha-Giv’a ha-Carfatit”
  • Czech: “Ha-Giv’a ha-Carfatit”
  • Czech: “ha-Giv’a ha-Corfatit”
  • Czech: “ha-Giva ha-Carfatit”
  • Dutch: “French Hill”
  • French: “Colline française”
  • French: “French Hill”
  • German: “Französischer Hügel”
  • German: “French Hill”
  • Hebrew: “הגבעה הצרפתית”
  • Indonesian: “Bukit Prancis”
  • Italian: “Collina francese”
  • Italian: “French Hill”
  • Ladino: “French Hill”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “at-Tel al-Faransiya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “French Hill”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Givʿat Shapīrā”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ha-Givʿah ha-Zarfatit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “הַגִּבְעָה הַצַּרְפָּתִית”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “التلة الفرنسية”
  • Norwegian: “French Hill”
  • Spanish: “Colina Francesa”
  • Spanish: “French Hill”
  • Yiddish: “הגבעה הצרפתית”
  • Yiddish: “פראנצויזישע בערגל”
  • Yiddish: “פראנצויזישער בארג”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ohel Yisrael and French Hill Community Center.

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