Shechem

ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in central Samaria in the West Bank
Place human_settlement Q7951237
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Shechem is a human settlement . It is located in the West Bank . The country associated with Shechem is Israel [1].

Shechem

Summary

Shechem is a human settlement[1]. Shechem ranks in the top 0.13% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month, #48 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shechem is located in West Bank[3].
  • Shechem is in the country of Israel[4].
  • Shechem's image is recorded as Shechem.jpg[5].
  • Shechem's instance of is recorded as human settlement[6].
  • Shechem's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Shechem's instance of is recorded as ancient city[8].
  • Shechem's GND ID is recorded as 4054788-7[9].
  • Shechem's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003006119[10].
  • Shechem's Commons category is recorded as Tell Balata[11].
  • Shechem's has part is recorded as Shalem, a city of Shechem[12].
  • Shechem was dissolved in +0200-01-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Shechem's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.21361111, 'lon': 35.28194444}[14].
  • Shechem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01p205[15].
  • Shechem's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shechem[16].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Shechem's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Shechem's replaced by is recorded as Nablus[24].
  • Shechem's capital of is recorded as Kingdom of Israel[25].
  • Shechem's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Shechem-ancient-Canaanite-city[26].
  • Shechem's Pleiades ID is recorded as 678403[27].

Body

Geography

Shechem is in the country of Israel[4]. Shechem is located in West Bank[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement[6], archaeological site[7], and ancient city[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shechem include Zichem[28], a municipality section[29], in Belgium[30].

Why It Matters

Shechem ranks in the top 0.13% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (480 views/month, #48 of 35,923).[2] Shechem has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Shechem is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Shechem include Zichem[28], a municipality section[29], in Belgium[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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