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Even Shmuel

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District
  
Southern

Population (2015)
  
1,535

Local time
  
Friday 6:41 AM

Council
  
Shafir

Founded
  
1956

Even Shmuel

Weather
  
13°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 100% Humidity

Even Shmuel (Hebrew: אֶבֶן שְׁמוּאֵל‎, lit. Stone of Samuel) is a religious Zionist village in southern Israel. Located around four kilometres south of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 1,535.

Contents

Map of Even Shmuel, Israel

History

The village was established in 1956 under the name Uman, and was later renamed in honour of the Jewish Canadian philanthropist Samuel Bronfman.

References

Even Shmuel Wikipedia