Shoham
Sign in to saveShoham () is a town in the Central District of Israel. The name relates to one of the 12 stones on the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest (Exodus 28:20), similar to other nearby towns: Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif). As of , Shoham had a population of . Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams (~5.9 km2).
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Key facts
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- Shoham
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- Local council
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- Hebrew
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- ISO 259
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- Šohm
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- View of Shoham
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- District
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1993
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- שוהם
- Country
- Israel
- Population
- +20403
- Area
- +5.889
- Elevation
- +86
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.shoham.muni.il
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Shoham () is a town in the Central District of Israel. The name relates to one of the 12 stones on the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest (Exodus 28:20), similar to other nearby towns: Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif). As of , Shoham had a population of . Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams (~5.9 km2).
==History== thumb|Street in Shoham A plan to establish a town in the area that is now Shoham was first proposed in the 1960s, as an idea to establish a town for immigrants from South America. It was again proposed in the 1970s. However, residents of nearby moshavim wanted to build a rural community for the adult children of farmers in cooperative communities.