Shfelah

The Shfelah is a range of low hills between the Coastal Plains and the mountains in central .
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is a city in the Shfela region of , with a population of 119,000.

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is a hilltop in Shfelah overlooking the road…

Shfelah

  • Type: Region
  • Description: Lowland region in south-central Israel
  • Also known as: “Hash Shefēlā”, “HaShefela”, “Judean Foothills”, “Judean Lowlands”, “Judeens lågland”, “Judská nížina”, “la Shefela”, “Nahal Hevron”, “Přímořská nížina”, “Schephela”, “Sefelah”, “Séphéla”, “Shefelá”, “Shéféla”, “Shefelá,”, “Shefelah”, “Shéfélah”, “Shephela”, “Shephelah”, “Wadi-al-Khalil”, “га-Шфела”, “Иудейская низменность”, “Іудейська низовина”, and “השפלה הפנימית”
  • Category: rolling country
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
31.6667° or 31° 40′ north
Longitude of center
34.9167° or 34° 55′ east
Elevation
264 metres (866 feet)
Geo­Names ID
294850
Wiki­data ID
Q2066007
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Shfelah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شفله”
  • Arabic: “وادي الخليل”
  • Basque: “Xefela”
  • Catalan: “Xefela”
  • Chinese: “示非拉”
  • Czech: “Šefela”
  • Dutch: “Sjfela”
  • French: “Shéphélah”
  • German: “Schefela”
  • Greek: “Σεφελά”
  • Hebrew: “השפלה”
  • Hebrew: “שפלת יהודה”
  • Indonesian: “Sefela”
  • Italian: “Shefela”
  • Ladino: “Shfela”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjefela”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shfela”
  • Norwegian: “Sjefela”
  • Persian: “شفله”
  • Polish: “Szefela”
  • Portuguese: “Sefelá”
  • Russian: “Шефела”
  • Slovenian: “Šefela”
  • Spanish: “Sefelá”
  • Swedish: “Shefela”
  • Ukrainian: “Шефела”
  • Ukrainian: “Шфела”

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