Kiryat Shmona
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Ebreu transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Qiryat Šmona |
• An aa spelled | Qiryat Shemona (offeecial) |
Coordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°34′11″E / 33.20750°N 35.56972°ECoordinates: 33°12′27″N 35°34′11″E / 33.20750°N 35.56972°E | |
Destrict | Northren |
Foondit | Mey 1949 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety (frae 1975) |
• Mayor | Avihay Shtern |
Area | |
• Total | 9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 23,076 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
Name meanin | Ceety o Aicht |
Kiryat Shmona (Hebrew: קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה, lit. Ceety o the Aicht) is a ceety locatit in the North Destrict o Israel on the wastren slopes o the Hula Valley on the Lebanese border. The ceety wis named for the aicht fowk, includin Joseph Trumpeldor, who dee'd in 1920 defendin Tel Hai. The day, aboot ane-third o Kiryat Shmona's population o 23,100[2] are younger than 19, an the majority o its indwallers are Jews, parteecularly o Sephardic strynd. Locatit near the Israel-Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northrenmaist ceety.