Shoham

Shoham
שֹׁהַם
Local council (from 1993)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Šohm
Shoham is located in Central Israel
Shoham
Shoham
Shoham is located in Israel
Shoham
Shoham
Coordinates: 31°59′59″N 34°56′46″E / 31.99972°N 34.94611°E / 31.99972; 34.94611
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
Founded1993
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityDafna Rabinovitch
Area
 • Total5,889 dunams (5.889 km2 or 2.274 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total22,731
 • Density3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Name meaningonyx
Websitewww.shoham.muni.il
Street in Shoham
Shoham from the air
Residential area of Shoham

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]

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