Shoham

Shoham

שֹׁהַם‎
Shoham שֹׁהַם‎
Local council (from 1993)
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Šohm
	Shoham Shoham
	Coordinates: 31°59′59″N 34°56′46″E / 31.99972°N 34.94611°E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Founded	1993
Government
• Head of Municipality	Dafna Rabinovitch
Area
• Total	5,889 dunams (5.889 km2 or 2.274 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	22,731
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Name meaning	onyx
Website	www.shoham.muni.il

Shoham (Hebrew: שֹׁהַם, lit. 'onyx') is a town (local council) 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).^[2] As of 2022, Shoham had a population of 22,731.^[1] Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams (~5.9 km²).^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 66, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)
^ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Shoham" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[Israelpopulations-1] "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[2] Bitan, Hanna: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p. 66, ISBN 965-220-423-4 (Hebrew)

[profile-3] "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Shoham" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

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