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Kiryat Shmona is a city in Israel’s Northern District, established on January 1, 1950. It has a population of 23,300 and covers an area of 9.96 square kilometers. The city is located at an elevation of 80 meters above sea level and uses the local dialing code 03. Its official name in Hebrew is קריית שמונה.
The municipality owns the Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium. Kiryat Shmona is twinned with the administrative bodies of Hampstead, Nancy, Memmingen, and Užice.
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Place details
- Locality
- קרית שמונה
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 22,512
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Iso 259
- Kiryat Šmona
- Also spelled
- Kiryat Shemona (official)
- Country
- Israel
- District
- Northern
- Subdistrict
- Safed
- Founded
- 1949 ; 77 years ago ( 1949 )
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Body
- Municipality of Kiryat Shmona
- Mayor
- Avihay Shtern ( Likud )
- Total
- 9,960 dunams (9.96 km ; 3.85 sq mi)
- Density
- 2,450/km (6,350/sq mi)
- Jews and others
- 96.7%
- Arabs
- 3.3%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( IST )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( IDT )
- Name meaning
- City of the Eight
- Website
- k-8.co.il
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- קריית שמונה
- Country
- Israel
- Population
- 22000
- Area
- 9.96
- Elevation
- 80
- Official website
- stateofisrael.com/tourism/kiryatshemona
- Image
- Kiryat Shmona at Highway 90.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03
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- twinned administrative body
- Rishon LeZion
- Commons category
- Kiryat Shmona
- topic's main category
- Category:Kiryat Shmona
- inception
- 1950-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kiryat Shmona
- owner of
- Kiryat Shmona Municipal Stadium
- native label
- קריית שמונה
- P12749
- Blue acara
- postal code
- 11012
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Encyclopedic overview
Kiryat Shmona (Hebrew: קריית שמונה, lit. 'City of the Eight') 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kiryat Shmona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.