Kiryat Shmona

Kiryat Shmona
Kiryat Shmona; קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה, קריית שמונה‬‎;
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Qiryat Šmona
• Forby spelt	Qiryat Shemona (offeecial)
	Coat o airms o Kiryat Shmona
	Kiryat Shmona
	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)
• 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.

References

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2010-30-06. Retrieved 2010-10-31. Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Israelpopulations-1] "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[cbs_populations-2] "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2010-30-06. Retrieved 2010-10-31. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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