Shirat HaYam

Shirat HaYam was an Israeli settlement established in 2001 on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea west of in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the that existed until 2005.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kfar Yam and Neve Dekalim.

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, sometimes spelled Kefar Yam or Kfar Hayam in English, was a small non-religious community established in 1983 and populated by four families. is situated 780 metres southwest of Shirat HaYam.

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was an Israeli settlement in the . Comprising a part of Gush Katif, it was founded in 1983, shortly after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula to fulfill the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. is situated 1¼ km south of Shirat HaYam.

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was an Israeli settlement and Moshav located in the middle of the Gush Katif settlement bloc whose residents were expelled in Israel's disengagement of 2005. is situated 2 km south of Shirat HaYam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis Camp.

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is a fertile area for agriculture in the . It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip.

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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called , is a Palestinian refugee camp in the just west of the city of and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern .

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, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern , Palestine, and serves as the capital of the . is situated 4½ km southeast of Shirat HaYam.

Shirat HaYam

Latitude
31.36332° or 31° 21′ 48″ north
Longitude
34.27053° or 34° 16′ 14″ east
Open location code
8G3P977C+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 505086485
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2909110
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Shirat HaYam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيراث هيام”
  • Bengali: “শিরত হাইম”
  • Czech: “Shirat HaYam”
  • Czech: “Širat ha-Jam”
  • French: “Shirat HaYam”
  • Hebrew: “שירת הים”

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