Shani
Shani is a village in Israel. Shani is situated nearby to the village Livne, as well as near the hamlet Khirbet Ghuwein al Fauqa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Horvat ’Anim and Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site.
Horvat ’Anim
Archaeological site
Horvat ʽAnim or Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta is a ruined hamlet and archaeological locality in the southern fringes of the Hebron Hills, within Israel's Southern District, inside the Yatir Forest.
Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site
Tower
Photo: Okedem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yatir Forest is a forest in Israel on the edge of the Negev Desert. The forest covers an area of 30,000 dunams, and is the largest planted forest in Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Livne and Lev Yatir.
Livne
Village
Photo: benda2011, Public domain.
Livne, also known as Shani is an Israeli settlement. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, straddling the Green Line and therefore partly in Israel and partly in the West Bank, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
Lev Yatir
Village
Mahane Yatir, also known as Lev Yatir, is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 353.
Asa’el
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located three kilometres south-east of Shim'a, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Asa’el is situated 3 km northwest of Shani.
Shani
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Livna” and “ליבנה”
- Category: locality
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.35628° or 31° 21′ 23″ northLongitude
35.06928° or 35° 4′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8G3Q9349+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1080455114OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Polish—“Shani” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “שני”
- Polish: “Szani”
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