Place:Qiryat Shemona, HaTzafon, Israel

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NameQiryat Shemona
Alt namesKiryat-Shemonasource: Vilnay, Guide to Israel (1971) p 517
TypeCity
Coordinates33.217°N 35.583°E
Located inHaTzafon, Israel
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Kiryat Shmona (lit. Town of the Eight) is a city in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanese border. The city was named after the eight people, including Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai.

In it had a population of , the majority of whom are Jews, particularly of Moroccan descent. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city.

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