Shfelah
The Shfelah is a range of low hills between the Coastal Plains and the Jerusalem mountains in central Israel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Beit Shemesh and Modi’in.
Beit Shemesh
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Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Modi’in
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Modi'in is a relatively new Israeli city located in the Shfela, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. There are some archaeological sites in the city as well as popular tourist attractions nearby.
Beth Guvrin
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Beth Guvrin or Beit Guvrin is a national park located in south-central Israel, in the Shfela region. It is a particularly good place to visit in summer, because its caves are cool and shady even when it's scorching outside.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Latrun.
Latrun
Latrun is a hilltop in Shfelah overlooking the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 25 kilometers west of Jerusalem. The hill is home to several sights.
Shfelah
- Type: Region
- Description: Lowland region in south-central Israel
- Also known as: “Hash Shefēlā”, “HaShefela”, “Nahal Hevron”, “Séphéla”, “Shephela”, “Shephelah”, and “Wadi-al-Khalil”
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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: “Judská nížina”
- Czech: “Přímořská nížina”
- Czech: “Šefela”
- Dutch: “Sjfela”
- French: “Shéféla”
- French: “Shefelah”
- French: “Shéfélah”
- French: “Shephelah”
- French: “Shéphélah”
- German: “Schefela”
- German: “Schephela”
- German: “Shefela”
- German: “Wadi-al-Khalil”
- Greek: “Σεφελά”
- Hebrew: “השפלה הפנימית”
- 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”
- Portuguese: “Shefelá”
- Russian: “Иудейская низменность”
- Russian: “Шефела”
- Russian: “Шфела”
- Spanish: “la Shefela”
- Spanish: “Sefela”
- Spanish: “Sefelá”
- Spanish: “Sefelah”
- Spanish: “Shefelá,”
- Spanish: “Shefelah”
- Ukrainian: “га-Шфела”
- Ukrainian: “Іудейська низовина”
- Ukrainian: “Шефела”
- Ukrainian: “Шфела”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Shfelah”. Photo: Ricardo Tulio Gandelman, CC BY 2.0.