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Shimshit

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Shimshit
Shimshit is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Shimshit
Coordinates: 32°44′0″N 35°14′48″E / 32.73333°N 35.24667°E / 32.73333; 35.24667
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilJezreel Valley
Founded2000
Founded byTzibi Springer
Population
 (2024)[1]
2,154
Websitewww.shimshit.org.il

Shimshit (Hebrew: שִׁמְשִׁית) is a secular community settlement in northern Israel. Located to the north-west of Nazareth, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,154.[1]

History

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The village was established in the summer of 2000. The architect and entrepreneur of the village, as part of the Galilee Progress, was Tzibi Springer, who took over the tasks of planning, and managing the construction of the village after the Housing Ministry abandoned the project. Shimshit was named after the nearby archaeological tell.

Shimshit's admissions committee reviews all potential new residents and prevents Arabs from living in the community.[2]

Most of the streets of Shimshit are named after precious stones or after water sources.

Facilities

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The village has an elementary school named "Reim" ('Friends').[3] as well as kindergartens. Children from the village generally attend high school at the Ha'Emek HaMaaravi school in kibbutz Yifat.

There is a leisure centre including basketball courts, tennis courts, a gym, class rooms, a dance studio, indoor swimming pool and a beach volleyball court.

The community is surrounded by a network of pedestrian and cycle trails.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Schwake, Gabriel; Yacobi, Haim (June 2024). "Decolonisation, gentrification, and the settler-colonial city: Reappropriation and new forms of urban exclusion in Israel" (PDF). Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 42 (4): 618–638. doi:10.1177/23996544231208198. ISSN 2399-6544.
  3. ↑ https://sites.google.com/reeim.tzafonet.org.il/reeim/home
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