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Shefa-’Amr

Shefa-Amr or Shefar'am is an Arab city in the of . In 2023 it had a population of 43,408 with a Sunni Muslim majority and large Christian Arab and Druze minorities.
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  • Type: Town with 42,100 residents
  • Description: Arab city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Shafa ‘Amr”, “Shafa Amr”, “Shefa-‘Amer”, “Shefa-‘Amr”, “Shefa-Amr”, “Shefa-ʻAmr”, “Shefar‘am”, “Shefaram”, “Shfar’am”, and “Shfaram”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hirbet Usha.

Archaeological site
Photo: שועל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Usha was an ancient Jewish town in the western part of Galilee. It was identified in the late 19th century by Victor Guérin, who found the ruins on which the Arab village of Hawsha was built.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include I’billin and Adi.

Village
Photo: Nadir.morris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
I'billin is a local council in the of , near Shefa-'Amr. I'billin was granted municipal status in 1960. The municipality's area is 18,000 dunams.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community settlement in northern . Located near Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,850.

Village
is an Arab village in northern . Located to the south of Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Zevulun Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 783. is situated 4 km southwest of Shefa-’Amr.

Shefa-’Amr

Latitude
32.8046° or 32° 48′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.1724° or 35° 10′ 21″ east
Population
42,100
Elevation
137 metres (449 feet)
Open location code
8G4QR53C+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 246849053
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293539
Wiki­data ID
Q990657
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Shefa-’Amr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Arabic: “شفا عمر”
  • Arabic: “شفا عمرو، حيفا”
  • Arabic: “شفا عمرو”
  • Arabic: “شفاعمرو”
  • Arabic: “شفاعمرو‎”
  • Armenian: “Շեֆարամ”
  • Asturian: “Shefa-Amr”
  • Catalan: “Shefa-Amr”
  • Chinese: “謝法阿姆”
  • Chinese: “谢法阿姆”
  • Czech: “Šafa ‘Amr”
  • Czech: “Šfar’am”
  • Czech: “Šfaram”
  • Czech: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Czech: “Shefar’am”
  • Czech: “Shefaram”
  • Dutch: “Shefa Amr”
  • Dutch: “Shefa-Amr”
  • Dutch: “Shefar’am”
  • Dutch: “Shefaram”
  • Dutch: “Shfar’am”
  • Dutch: “Shfaram”
  • Dutch: “Sjefa Amr”
  • Dutch: “Sjefa-Amr”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شفا عمرو”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝefa-Amr”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝfar’am”
  • Finnish: “Shefa-Amr”
  • French: “Shefa Amr”
  • French: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • French: “Shefa’ram”
  • French: “Shfaram”
  • Georgian: “შფარამი”
  • German: “Schefar’am”
  • German: “Schefaram”
  • German: “Schfar’am”
  • German: “Schfaram”
  • German: “Shefar’am”
  • German: “Shefaram”
  • Greek: “Σφαράμ”
  • Hebrew: “שפאעמרו”
  • Hebrew: “שפעמר”
  • Hebrew: “שפר’עם”
  • Hebrew: “שפר’עמר”
  • Hebrew: “שפרעם”
  • Hebrew: “שְׁפַרְעָם”
  • Indonesian: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Indonesian: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Italian: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Italian: “Shefaram”
  • Italian: “Shfaram”
  • Japanese: “シェファ＝アムル”
  • Japanese: “シェファー・アムル”
  • Japanese: “シェファルアム”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Ossetian: “Шефа-Амр”
  • Persian: “شفا امر”
  • Persian: “شفا عمرو”
  • Polish: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Polish: “Szefaram”
  • Polish: “Szfar’am”
  • Portuguese: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Portuguese: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Portuguese: “Shfar’am”
  • Romanian: “Shefaram”
  • Russian: “Шефарам”
  • Russian: “Шфарам”
  • Scots: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Scots: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Scots: “Shfar’am”
  • Scots: “شفاعمرو”
  • Serbian: “Шефа Амр”
  • Spanish: “Shefa ‘Amr”
  • Spanish: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Spanish: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Swahili: “Shefa-Amr”
  • Tagalog: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Tagalog: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Turkish: “Şefa-Amr”
  • Ukrainian: “Шефарам”
  • Ukrainian: “Шфарам”
  • Urdu: “شفا عمرو”
  • Vietnamese: “Shefa-‘Amr”
  • Vietnamese: “Shefa-’Amr”
  • Yiddish: “שפרעם”

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