Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona is a town in Northern District, Israel and has about 24,500 residents. Kiryat Shmona is situated nearby to the neighborhood Moshe Haim Shapira, as well as near Bne Beitecha.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gold Park and Kiryat Shmona Airport.
Kiryat Shmona Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Kiryat Shmona Airport is a public Israeli airport located 2 km east of the northern town of Kiryat Shmona. The airport is operated by Kiryat Shmona Travellers Inc.
Burgeranch
Fast food restaurant
Photo: דוד שי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burgeranch, also known as Burger Ranch, is an Israeli fast-food chain. In 2010, the Burgeranch chain included 107 restaurants with over 1500 employees, competing primarily with McDonald's Israel and Burger King Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat Shmona and Galilee Panhandle.
Kiryat Shmona
Town
Photo: Alesso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kiryat Shmona is a city in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanese border. In 2024, it had a population of 24,437. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city.
Galilee Panhandle
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.5.
The Galilee Panhandle is the northernmost part of Israel, a narrow strip of land running north-south.
Margaliyyot
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Margaliot is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the Naftali Mountains of the Upper Galilee, near the Lebanese border and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 484. Margaliyyot is situated 2½ km west of Kiryat Shmona.
Kiryat Shmona
- Type: Town with 24,500 residents
- Also known as: “Qiryat Shemona”, “קריית יוסף”, and “קריית שמונה”
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.21214° or 33° 12′ 44″ northLongitude
35.57281° or 35° 34′ 22″ eastPopulation
24,500Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)Inception
1950Open location code
8G5Q6H6F+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 578640475OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Kiryat Shmona” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كريات شمونة”
- Czech: “Kirjat Šmona”
- French: “Kiryat Shmona”
- Hebrew: “קרית שמונה”
- Russian: “Кирьят-Шмона”
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Localities in the Area
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