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Shaghur

  • שגור
  • الشاغور
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Šagor
 • Forby speltShagor (offeecial)
Shaghur is located in Israel
Shaghur
Shaghur
Coordinates: 32°55′35″N 35°15′50″E / 32.92639°N 35.26389°E / 32.92639; 35.26389Coordinates: 32°55′35″N 35°15′50″E / 32.92639°N 35.26389°E / 32.92639; 35.26389
DestrictNorthren
Foondit2003
Disestablished2008
Govrenment
 • TeepCeety (frae 2005)
Area
 • Total17.737 km2 (6.848 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total29,900
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Name meanin"Valley"
ash-Shaghur is a toun in the Balqa govrenorate o Jordan an aw.

Shaghur or Shagor (Hebrew: שגור‎‎; Arabic: الشاغور‎, ash-Shaghur) wis an Arab ceety in the North Destrict o Israel locatit east o the coastal ceety o Acre (Akka). It wis formit in 2003 wi the merger o three Arab local cooncilsMajd al-Krum, Deir al-Asad an Bi'ina. It wis declared a ceety in 2005. The ceety wis dissolvit on 1 December 2008 bi Knesset decree an the pre-2003 component veelages wur gien unthrilt staundin. It wis the third lairgest Arab locality in the North Destrict efter Nazareth an Shefa-'Amr. The name Shaghur comes frae the name o the nearby valley which borders the al-Araas muntain in which the ceety wis built upon. The ceety haed a population o 29,900 at the end o 2007.[1]

References

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  1. "Table 3 – Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 30 Juin 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

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